| published 14-09-2007
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Discusses a list of 13 "neglected tropical diseases", particularly the seven most common,* which together are responsible not so much for mortality but for much morbidity and poverty in the developing world. The article discusses what is currently being done, what treatments are available, and what new efforts are needed to bring these diseases under control.
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. NEJM 357(10):1018-1027, September 6, 2007. Free full text.
*ascariasis, trichuriasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, and onchocerciasis
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