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Editorial
. 2019 Aug 8;13(8):e0007145.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007145. eCollection 2019 Aug.

DR Congo and Nigeria: New neglected tropical disease threats and solutions for the bottom 40

Peter Hotez  1   2   3   4   5
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Editorial

DR Congo and Nigeria: New neglected tropical disease threats and solutions for the bottom 40

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

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: I am lead investigator and/or patentholder on several vaccines in clinical trials or in development, vaccines which would provide protection against some of the infections and diseases discussed in the article such as hookworm and schistosomiasis.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Projection of the percentage of the population living in extreme poverty in Africa by country (highest eight countries) in the year 2050.
(Original figure made with data from [1].).
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