title: Paying for Worms.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.|Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America.|Center for Health and Biosciences, James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8770-1042
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hotez
authors.affiliation: Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Damania
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naghavi
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics*; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States