Neglected Tropical Diseases and Other Infectious Diseases Affecting the Heart. The NET-Heart Project: Rationale and Design

• Main Authors: Lucrecia M. Burgos (Author), Juan Farina (Author), Macarena Cousirat Liendro (Author), Clara Saldarriaga (Author), Alvaro Sosa Liprandi (Author), Fernando Wyss (Author), Ivan Mendoza (Author), Adrian Baranchuk (Author), On behalf of the Neglected Tropical Diseases and other Infectious Diseases affecting the Heart (NET-Heart project) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of infections that are prevalent in many of the tropical and sub-tropical developing countries where poverty is rampant. NTDs have remained largely unnoticed in the global health agenda. There is a substantial gap between the burden of dis...