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      Vaccines

      Hookworm Infection

      It retards growth and intellectual development in millions of children yet is largely ignored by researchers. New findings suggest excellent possibilities for a vaccine

      • By David I. Pritchard, Peter J. Hotez on June 1, 1995
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      This article was originally published with the title "Hookworm Infection" in Scientific American 272, 6, 68-74 (June 1995)

      doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0695-68

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

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          Peter J. Hotez is a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he co-heads the Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development. He is the author of the newly released book Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-Science (Johns Hopkins University Press). Follow Peter J. Hotez on Twitter Credit: Nick Higgins

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