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Editorial
. 2019 Apr 4;13(4):e0007025.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007025. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women

Peter J Hotez  1   2 , Wendy Harrison  3 , Alan Fenwick  3 , Amaya L Bustinduy  4 , Camilla Ducker  5 , Pamela Sabina Mbabazi  6 , Dirk Engels  5 , Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland  7   8
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Editorial

Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women

Peter J Hotez et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .

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Conflict of interest statement

PJH is a patentholder and investigator on a vaccine against schistosomiasis that is in clinical trials.

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