Southern Europe's Coming Plagues: Vector-Borne Neglected Tropical Diseases

Peter J Hotez^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
² Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
³ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America.
⁴ James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
⁵ Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.

Editorial

Peter J Hotez. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Jun 30;10(6):e0004243.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004243. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Peter J Hotez^{1

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¹ Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
² Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
³ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America.
⁴ James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
⁵ Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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