Neglected Tropical Disease Burden In Latin America And Caribbean May Exceed That Of HIV/AIDS, TB And Malaria

According to a new analysis published in the Public Library of Sciences (PLoS) Neglected Tropical Diseases, “The Neglected Tropical Diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Disease Burden and Distribution and a Roadmap for Control And Elimination,” neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as a group may have surpassed HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as the most prevalent infectious diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Filed under: Tropical on October 1st, 2008