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1Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USA; James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA; Hagler Institute for Advanced Study and Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Abstract:
Neglected tropical diseases are accelerating because of climate change and urbanization to create new clusters of vast urban areas beset by poverty and environmental degradation. These hot and contaminated megacities could enable the rise of parasitic and other tropical infections. A new generation of antiparasitic vaccines will be needed.
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