Hajj, Umrah, and the neglected tropical diseases

• Mashal M. Almutairi ,

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); mmalmutairi@ksu.edu.sa (MMA)

  Affiliations Prince Naif Health Research Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Vaccines and Biologics Research Unit, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Waleed Saleh Alsalem,

  Affiliation Center for Neglected Tropical Diseases, National Health Laboratory, Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mazen Hassanain,

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2441-5142

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• Peter J. Hotez

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); mmalmutairi@ksu.edu.sa (MMA)

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Policy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8770-1042

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