In addition to malaria, tuberculosis, and human immunodeficiency virus infection, several
other infectious diseases are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. In …

Anthropogenic land use changes drive a range of infectious disease outbreaks and
emergence events and modify the transmission of endemic infections. These drivers include …

People in the bottom billion are the poorest in the world; they are often subsistence farmers,
who essentially live on no money and are stuck in a poverty trap of disease, conflict, and no …

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This review addresses' changes in the ecology of vectors and epidemiology of vector-borne
diseases which result from deforestation. Selected examples are considered from viral and …

The concept of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) emerged more than a decade ago and
has been recognised as a valid way to categorise diseases that affect the poorest …

Although many examples of highly cost-effective interventions to control neglected tropical
diseases exist, our understanding of the full economic effect that these diseases have on …

Mass drug administration (MDA) is a means of delivering safe and inexpensive essential
medicines based on the principles of preventive chemotherapy, where populations or sub …

The World Health Organizations and other international health agencies identify a select
group of 13 tropical infections as the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). These diseases …