FURTHER INFORMATION
Basic Hookworm Information
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. “Parasites & Health: Hookworm”
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Hookworm.htm
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: “Fact Sheet: Hookworm
Infection"
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/hookworm/factsht_hookworm.htm
National Library of Medicine, National Insitute of Health, Hookworm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000629.htm
Hookworm Vaccine
Sabin Vaccine Institute: Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative
http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/soa_parasitic/en/index2.html
WHO Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR): Hookworm Disease
http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/soa_parasitic/en/index2.html
Instituto Butantan
http://www.butantan.gov.br/
Key Researchers
Peter Hotez M.D., Ph.D.
President, Sabin Vaccine Institute
mtmpjh@gwumc.edu
Ami Brown Ph.D., M.P.D.
Program Operation Officer of the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative
ami.brown@sabin.org