Table 1. Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases in Central Asia.

Disease	Prevalence	Country Where Measured	Reference
Intestinal helminth infections
Ascariasis	23%	Kyrgyz Republic (Osh oblast)	[12]
Enterobiasis	19%	Kyrgyz Republic (Osh oblast)	[12]
Hymenolepiasis	4%	Kyrgyz Republic (Osh oblast)	[12]
Zoonotic helminth infections
Cystic echinococcosis	Up to 30 cases per 100,000 (1% of population)	Kazakhstan, Krgyz Republic, Tajiskistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan	[13], [15]
Opisthorchiasis	1.2 million cases	Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Western Siberia	[27]
Fascioliasis	2%	Kyryz Republic (Osh oblast)	[12]
Toxocariasis	11%	Kazakhstan (rural Eastern)	[15]
Vector-borne protozoan infections
Leishmaniasis (cutaneous L. major; visceral L. infantum)	Not determined		[35]–[37]
Malaria	Number of probable and confirmed:	Number of suspected cases:	[39]
	Kyrgyzstan 4	Kyrgyzstan 33,983
	Tajikistan 165	Tajikistan 165,266
	Turkmenistan 0	Turkmenistan 94,237
	Uzbekistan 4	Uzbekistan 916,839
Other protozoan infections
Toxoplasmosis	16% seroprevalence	Kazakhstan (rural eastern)	[15]