Eliminating the Neglected Tropical Diseases: Translational Science and New Technologies.

• Main Authors: Peter J Hotez (Author), Bernard Pecoul (Author), Suman Rijal (Author), Catharina Boehme (Author), Serap Aksoy (Author), Mwelecele Malecela (Author), Roberto Tapia-Conyer (Author), John C Reeder (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Today, the World Health Organization recognizes 17 major parasitic and related infections as the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Despite recent gains in the understanding of the nature and prevalence of NTDs, as well as successes in recent scaled-up preventive chemotherapy strategies and other h...