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Editorial
. 2017 Apr 27;11(4):e0005321.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005321. eCollection 2017 Apr.

The first "London Declaration": The Commonwealth and its neglected tropical diseases

Peter J Hotez  1   2   3   4 , Ashish Damania  1 , Aparna Barua  5 , Jeffrey Stanaway  6
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Editorial

The first "London Declaration": The Commonwealth and its neglected tropical diseases

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

PJH is lead investigator on several vaccines against neglected tropical diseases, including vaccines against hookworm and schistosomiasis, which are in clinical trials, and vaccines in development against other NTDs including leishmaniasis. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. Map of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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