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Descriptor English:   Neglected Diseases 
Descriptor Spanish:   Enfermedades Desatendidas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Doenças Negligenciadas 
Synonyms English:   Disease, Neglected
Diseases, Neglected
Neglected Disease  
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 DG diagnostic imaging
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
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   54010 
Unique Identifier:   D058069 

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