Measuring Neglect

Hotez, Peter J.

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000118

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“…The disability-adjusted life year (DALY), the metric used in the GBD 2010, is a tool which may be used to assess and compare the relative impact of a number of diseases locally and globally [4]–[6]. Table 1 lists the major NTDs as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) [7] and their estimated DALYs [1].…”

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The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases

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The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases

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“…4 A filariose linfática e as geohemintiases são duas das sete mais prevalentes DN entre as infecções crônicas do mundo. 16 Por outro lado, existe um reconhecimento uniforme de que as DN não ocorrem isoladas e, em muitos países existe uma sobreposição geográfica de populações poliparasitadas com um ou mais geo-helmintos, esquistossomose e vermes filariais, 17,18 particularmente entre as populações mais pobres 19 situação que afeta adversamente o crescimento na infância e sua aptidão física.…”

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Epidemiological Assessment of Neglected Diseases in Children: Lymphatic Filariasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis

Aguiar-Santos¹,

Medeiros²,

Bonfim³

et al. 2013

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)

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Objective: To report the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis and intestinal parasitic infections in school-aged children living in a filariasis endemic area and discuss about the therapeutic regimen adopted in Brazil for the large-scale treatment of filariasis. Methods: A cross-sectional study including 508 students aged 5-18 years old, enrolled in public schools within the city of Olinda, Pernambuco. The presence of intestinal parasites was analyzed using the Hoffman, Pons and Janer method on 3 stool samples. The diagnosis of filarial infection was performed using the rapid immunochromatographic technique (ICT) for the antigen, and the polycarbonate membrane filtration for the presence of microfilariae. Descriptive statistics of the data was performed using EpiInfo version 7. Results: The prevalence of filariasis was 13.8% by ICT and 1.2% by microfilaraemia, while intestinal parasites were detected in 64.2% of cases. Concurrent diagnosis of filariasis http://dx.

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“…Again in the public forum, scientists have offered data that have served to contrast, compare, and discuss synergies of NTD work with the recent welcome, but more costly, initiatives to address human immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis, and malaria. 13,15,30,[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70] The Future…”

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Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis

Streit

Lafontant

2008

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Among infections closely associated with poverty, lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a study in contrasts.It is both a consequence of and a contributor to poverty. Although rarely fatal, it is recognized as a leading global cause of lifelong disability as well as significant personal, social, and economic burdens coincident with disease. Infection is often considerably more prevalent in communities than the number of cases of overt pathology for which LF is best known (lymphedema, elephantiasis, and hydrocele). With an estimated 120 million to 130 million affected persons in 83 countries and 1.25 billion persons living in areas at risk, in some countries LF may be expanding its range, whereas in others, with economic development, it has disappeared with little if any targeted intervention. The transmission cycle is relatively inefficient, yet an association with pockets of deepest poverty remains tenacious. Thanks to scientific advances in diagnostic tools, and particularly in control strategies focused on large-scale drug donation and mass drug distribution programs, scientists and policy makers now consider LF eliminable. Together with new approaches for morbidity control, a hopeful tone surrounds a disease problem that as recently as two decades ago could easily have been categorized as among the most neglected of neglected diseases. Continued progress toward global LF elimination will require solutions to potential obstacles in the most challengingthat is, the poorest-endemic settings. This chapter reviews progress toward LF elimination and some of the remaining challenges from a perspective in Haiti, the only least developed country of the Americas.

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Measuring Neglect

Cited by 22 publications

References 9 publications

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases

Epidemiological Assessment of Neglected Diseases in Children: Lymphatic Filariasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis

Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis

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