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Review
. 2017 Aug 5;2(3):36.
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2030036.

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Epidemiology and Global Burden

Amal K Mitra  1 , Anthony R Mawson  2
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Review

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Epidemiology and Global Burden

Amal K Mitra et al. Trop Med Infect Dis. .

Abstract

More than a billion people-one-sixth of the world's population, mostly in developing countries-are infected with one or more of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Several national and international programs (e.g., the World Health Organization's Global NTD Programs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Global NTD Program, the United States Global Health Initiative, the United States Agency for International Development's NTD Program, and others) are focusing on NTDs, and fighting to control or eliminate them. This review identifies the risk factors of major NTDs, and describes the global burden of the diseases in terms of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).

Keywords: DALYs; NTDs; epidemiology; global burden; risk factors.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Prevalence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by country. The burden of NTDs in different countries is expressed as number of NTDs prevalent (ranging from one to seven or more). Modified from: United to Combat. Burden map—Neglected Tropical Diseases [74].
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