America and Europe's new normal: the return of vaccine-preventable diseases

Peter Hotez^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
² Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
³ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
⁴ James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
⁵ Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.

Editorial

Peter Hotez. Pediatr Res. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;85(7):912-914.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0354-3. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Peter Hotez^{1

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¹ Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
² Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
³ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
⁴ James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.
⁵ Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. hotez@bcm.edu.

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