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Neglected Diseases

PROLOGUE

Tropical Diseases: The Price Of Neglect

Over the past two decades, the "big three" diseases—HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis—have occupied most of the global health spotlight. As millions have sickened and died, international donors and affected countries have channeled tens of billions of dollars toward these diseases’ prevention and treatment. Although few would dispute the wisdom of fighting these plagues, an unfortunate side effect has been limited attention to another class of infectious diseases that are arguably just as devastating. Small wonder they are referred to as "neglected" tropical diseases (NTDs), the topic of the cluster of papers that follow.

Caused by a variety of parasites, bacteria, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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