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Correction: Mapping the Distribution of Anthrax in Mainland China, 2005-2013. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004637.].
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Staff
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The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
The publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) and the accompanying collection of Lancet articles in December 2012 provided the most comprehensive attempt to quantify the burden of almost 300 diseases, injuries, and risk factors ...
P. Hotez, Miriam R. Alvarado, M. Basáñez, I. Bolliger, R. Bourne, M. Boussinesq, S. Brooker, Ami Shah Brown, G. Buckle, C. Budke, H. Carabin, L. Coffeng, E. Fèvre, Thomas Fürst, Y. Halasa, Rashmi Jasrasaria, N. Johns, J. Keiser, C. King, R. Lozano, M. Murdoch, S. O'Hanlon, S. Pion, R. Pullan, K. Ramaiah, Thomas J Roberts, D. Shepard, Jennifer L Smith, W. Stolk, E. Undurraga, J. Utzinger, Mengru Wang, C. Murray, M. Naghavi   +33 more
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The SARS-CoV-2 crisis and its impact on neglected tropical diseases: Threat or opportunity?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
The current global priority is to protect people from attaining the COVID-19 infection and to attend to those infected, resulting in the disruption of other activities of the health sector, such as neglected tropical disease (NTD) control and elimination
C. Chaumont, Kimberly Kamara, E. Baring, K. Palacio, Ana Power, Warren Lancaster   +5 more
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Model-Based Geostatistical Methods Enable Efficient Design and Analysis of Prevalence Surveys for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection and Other Neglected Tropical Diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021
Maps of the geographical variation in prevalence play an important role in large-scale programs for the control of neglected tropical diseases. Precontrol mapping is needed to establish the appropriate control intervention in each area of the country in ...
Olatunji Johnson, C. Fronterrè, B. Amoah, A. Montresor, E. Giorgi, N. Midzi, M. J. Mutsaka-Makuvaza, Ibrahim Kargbo-Labor, M. Hodges, Yaobi Zhang, C. Okoyo, C. Mwandawiro, M. Minnery, P. Diggle   +13 more
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NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE [PDF]

Journal of Biosocial Science, 2016
SummaryThe term ‘neglected tropical diseases’ (NTDs) points to the need for a biosocial perspective. Although ‘diseases’ are widely understood as biological phenomena, ‘neglect’ is inherently social. Social priorities, social relations and social behaviour profoundly influence the design, implementation and evaluation of control programmes.
Parker, Melissa, Polman, Katja, Allen, Tim   +2 more
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Obstetric Fistula Is a “Neglected Tropical Disease”

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
The term “neglected tropical diseases” (NTDs) is commonly used to refer to a “baker's dozen” of infectious conditions prevalent in resource-poor tropical countries. The 13 core diseases in the NTD group include ascariasis, dracunculiasis, hookworm, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, trichuriasis, Chagas disease, human African ...
L. Lewis Wall
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Neglected tropical diseases activities in Africa in the COVID-19 era: the need for a “hybrid” approach in COVID-endemic times

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021
With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic showing no signs of abating, resuming neglected tropical disease (NTD) activities, particularly mass drug administration (MDA), is vital. Failure to resume activities will not only enhance the risk of
D. Molyneux, S. Bush, Ron Bannerman, P. Downs, Joy Shu'aibu, Pelagie M. Boko-Collins, Ioasia Radvan, Leah Wohlgemuth, C. Boyton   +8 more
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Nano Based Approach for the Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 2021
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflict more than one billion peoples in the world’s poorest countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded seventeen NTDs in its portfolio, mainly caused by bacterial, protozoal, parasitic, and viral ...
S. R. Pandian, T. Panneerselvam, Parasuraman Pavadai, S. Govindaraj, V. Ravishankar, P. Palanisamy, M. Sampath, Murugesan Sankaranarayanan, Selvaraj Kunjiappan   +8 more
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The burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Brazil, 1990-2016: A subnational analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are important causes of morbidity, disability, and mortality among poor and vulnerable populations in several countries worldwide, including Brazil.
F. R. Martins-Melo, M. Carneiro, Alberto Novaes Ramos Junior, J. Heukelbach, A. Ribeiro, G. Werneck   +5 more
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Mapping the role of digital health technologies in the case detection, management, and treatment outcomes of neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2021
Background Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of communicable diseases that principally impact the world’s poorest people. The use of digital health technologies is an emerging and promising way to improve disease prevention ...
Binyam Tilahun, Kassahun D Gashu, Z. Mekonnen, B. Endehabtu, D. Angaw   +4 more
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