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Descriptor
English
:
Neglected Diseases
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedades Desatendidas
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Synonyms
English
:
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Tree Number:
C23.550.291.890
Definition
English
:
Diseases that are underfunded and have low name recognition but are major burdens in less
developed countries
. The
World Health Organization
has designated six tropical infectious diseases as being neglected in industrialized countries that are endemic in many
developing countries
(
HELMINTHIASIS
;
LEPROSY
; LYMPHATIC
FILARIASIS
;
ONCHOCERCIASIS
;
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
; and
TRACHOMA
).
See Related
English
:
Rare Diseases
History Note
English
:
2011
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
54010
Unique Identifier:
D058069
Occurrence in VHL
:
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