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What constitutes a neglected tropical disease? [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) currently classifies 20 diseases and conditions as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). However, since its inception in 2007, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases has considered an expanded list that includes additional ...
Peter J. Hotez, Serap Aksoy, Paul J. Brindley, Shaden Kamhawi   +3 more
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Neuroangiostrongyliasis: Global Spread of an Emerging Tropical Disease. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2022
. Neuroangiostrongyliasis (NAS) is an emerging parasitic disease caused by the neurotropic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Since it was first discovered, in rats in southern China in the 1930s, this tropical to subtropical parasite has spread to ...
Cowie RH, Ansdell V, Panosian Dunavan C, Rollins RL.   +3 more
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The Case for Fungal Keratitis to Be Accepted as a Neglected Tropical Disease. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel), 2022
Amongst the treatable cause of blindness among young people, fungal keratitis ranks high. There are an estimated 1,051,787 to 1,480,916 eyes affected annually, with 8–11% of patients having to have the eye removed.
Brown L, Kamwiziku G, Oladele RO, Burton MJ, Prajna NV, Leitman TM, Denning DW.   +6 more
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Leptospirosis-Improving Healthcare Outcomes for a Neglected Tropical Disease. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Leptospirosis is a globally distributed zoonotic disease transmitted from animal reservoirs to humans. It is particularly common in tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Central and South America during heavy rainfall when bacterial spirochetes are ...
Muñoz-Zanzi C, Dreyfus A, Limothai U, Foley W, Srisawat N, Picardeau M, Haake DA.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a neglected tropical disease in Latin America. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a severe and extraordinarily lethal infectious disease, has emerged as a widespread public health crisis among predominantly vulnerable populations in several countries of Latin America, particularly evident in ...
Álvarez-Hernández G, Paddock CD, Walker DH, Valenzuela JG, Calleja-López JRT, Rivera-Rosas CN, Sotelo-Mundo RR.   +6 more
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Resource Planning for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Control Programs: Feasibility Study of the Tool for Integrated Planning and Costing (TIPAC). [PDF]

, 2014
Resource Planning for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Control Programs: Feasibility Study of the Tool for Integrated Planning and Costing (TIPAC)
A-F Gabrielli, Abdel N. Direny, Anne-Marie Desormeaux, AS Goldman, AS Goldman, Aya Yajima, B Liese, Bernard Kilembe, Brian K. Chu, C Hanson, DH Molyneux, Dharmpal P. Raman, Garib D. Thakur, Hannah Frawley, Jennifer Einberg, JH Kolaczinski, JO Gyapong, KA Grépin, Karleen Coly, Kathryn L. Zoerhoff, Kathryn R. Crowley, M Linehan, MA Brady, Margaret Baker, MC Baker, Mireille Jeudi, Molly A. Brady, Mustapha Sonnie, NB Kabatereine, Olivier J. Wouters, Philip W. Downs, PJ Hotez, PJ Lammie, Raj K. Pokharel, Roland Oscar, Santigie Sesay, Shekhar Sharma, Upendo Mwingira, Y Zhang   +38 more
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Noma as a neglected tropical disease: an opportunity to reconsider neglect in global health. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Noma Survivors Association E, Izzett D, Izzett B, Trotter A, Nunes J, Cismas I, Jeantet C, Kabengele E, Benzian H, Gebretsadik H, Merrill L, Ribes M, Comparet M, Sherlock M, Bhakuni H.   +14 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Neglected tropical disease elimination is a relay race - let's not drop the baton. [PDF]

Int Health, 2022
Downs P, Bush S, Bannerman R, Blair L, D'Souza S, Ekpo U, Gyapong M, Kar K, Kelly-Hope L, Mabey D, Mante S, Tate A, Velleman Y, Molyneux D.   +13 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Lessons from participatory community mapping to inform neglected tropical disease programmes in Nigeria. [PDF]

Int Health, 2023
Lar LA, Dean L, Adekeye T, Oluwole AS, Lawong D, Kevin G, Yashiyi J, Gwani N, Usman H, Danjuma M, Faneye A, Kafil-Emiola MA, Okoko OO, Isiyaku S, Thomson R, Ozano K.   +15 more
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Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease in 2020

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...]
Tropical Medicine Infectious Disease Editorial Office
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