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Editorial
. 2017 Feb 23;11(2):e0005308.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005308. eCollection 2017 Feb.

Global urbanization and the neglected tropical diseases

Peter J Hotez  1   2   3   4
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Editorial

Global urbanization and the neglected tropical diseases

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

The author is a lead investigator and patentholder on vaccines in clinical trials against hookworm and schistosomiasis, as well as on several other vaccines against neglected tropical diseases in development.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Global urbanization map showing the percentage of urbanization by country in 2006.
Public domain image available here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urbanized_population_2006.png.
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