The Neglected Tropical Diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Disease Burden and Distribution and a Roadmap for Control and Elimination

J. Hotez, Peter; Elena Bottazzi, María; Franco‐Paredes, Carlos; K. Ault, Steven; Roses Periago, Mirta

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000300

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The Neglected Tropical Diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Disease Burden and Distribution and a Roadmap for Control and Elimination

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Sep 23, 2008

Authors:

Peter J. Hotez

María Elena Bottazzi

Carlos Franco‐Paredes

Abstract

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent some of the most common infections of the poorest people living in the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC). Because they primarily afflict the disenfranchised poor as well as selected indigenous populations and people of African descent, the NTD...

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Neglected tropical diseases

Lymphatic filariasis

Tropical disease

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