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Editorial
. 2008 Jul 30;2(7):e270.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000270.

Tropical anemia: one of Africa's great killers and a rationale for linking malaria and neglected tropical disease control to achieve a common goal

Peter J Hotez, David H Molyneux
Editorial

Tropical anemia: one of Africa's great killers and a rationale for linking malaria and neglected tropical disease control to achieve a common goal

Peter J Hotez et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

PJH is President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute. He is an inventor on two international patents on hookworm vaccines. PJH and DHM are co-founders of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Distribution of Hookworm and Malaria Coinfection.
Geographic overlap of moderate-high hookworm infection prevalence (greater than 20% prevalence of infection among school-aged children) and transmission of falciparum malaria transmission (based on a map of climactic suitability for Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission, adjusted for urbanization). Modified from .
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