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2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hookworm infection is a major public health problem in many developing countries. A team from George Washington Medical Center traveled to one such country, Honduras, for a four-day fact-finding site visit. The trip was part of the Sabin Vaccine Institute-sponsored Hookworm Vaccine Initiative (HVI).
The objective of the visit, according to Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, professor and chair of microbiology and tropical medicine, was to establish a long-term collaboration on the Hookworm Vaccine Initiative in the Western Hemisphere. The HVI already has an ongoing collaboration in China. He was accompanied during the visit by John Hawdon, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and tropical medicine, and Ray Loomis, senior business administrator for the department.
Along with its poverty and malnutrition, Honduras is plagued with some of the highest rates of tropical infections and parasitic diseases in the Western Hemisphere. The George ...