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Paying for Worms

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  • Peter J Hotez
  • Ashish Damania
  • Mohsen Naghavi

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Although approximately one-half of the global disease burden due to the major helminthic infections occurs among the poor living in rich economies, almost all of the public support for helminth control and research and development comes out of the United States and Europe.

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  • Peter J Hotez & Ashish Damania & Mohsen Naghavi, 2016. "Paying for Worms," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(12), pages 1-4, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pntd00:0005092
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005092
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    1. Peter J Hotez, 2015. "Blue Marble Health Redux: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Human Development in the Group of 20 (G20) Nations and Nigeria," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(7), pages 1-5, July.
    2. Peter J Hotez & Jennifer R Herricks, 2015. "Helminth Elimination in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals: A "Worm Index" for Human Development," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(4), pages 1-6, April.
    3. Peter J Hotez & Larry Peiperl, 2015. "Noncommunicable Diseases: A Globalization of Disparity?," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(7), pages 1-4, July.
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