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Abstract
Diseases that are underfunded and have low name recognition but are major burdens in less developed countries. Neglected diseases include many tropical infectious diseases, e.g., HELMINTHIASIS; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; and TRACHOMA.
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- Disease, Neglected
- Neglected Disease
- Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Disease, Neglected Tropical
- Neglected Tropical Disease
- Tropical Disease, Neglected
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2011
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- Rare Diseases (2003-2010)
- Tropical Medicine (2002-2010)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Neglected Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058069. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058069
- Neglected Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neglected_tropical_diseases
- Neglected Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929451