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Holidays in the sun and the Caribbean's forgotten burden of neglected tropical diseases

Peter J Hotez. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008.

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Conflict of interest statement

PJH is Executive Director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control and President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute. He is an inventor on U.S. Patent 7,303,752 B2 (issued December 4, 2007), entitled "Hookworm vaccine."

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