The Neglected Tropical Diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Disease Burden and Distribution and a Roadmap for Control and Elimination

• Peter J. Hotez ,

  * E-mail: mtmpjh@gwumc.edu (PJH); aultstev@paho.org (SKA)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University and Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Maria Elena Bottazzi,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University and Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Carlos Franco-Paredes,

  Affiliations Hospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez, México, D.F., México, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Steven K. Ault ,

  * E-mail: mtmpjh@gwumc.edu (PJH); aultstev@paho.org (SKA)

  Affiliation Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Mirta Roses Periago

  Affiliation Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington, D.C., United States of America

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