PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
March 2012
http://www.plosntds.org/article/browseIssue.action

Editorial
Texas and Mexico: Sharing a Legacy of Poverty and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Peter J. Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Eric Dumonteil, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Shaden Kamhawi, Jaime Ortega, Samuel Ponce de Leon Rosales, Miguel Betancourt Cravioto, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
A consortium of institutions from Texas and Mexico has launched a new initiative for developing vaccines and other tools to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases in Mesoamerica.