Table 1.

The 17 neglected tropical diseases, as defined by the World Health Organization

Buruli ulcer(Mycobacterium ulcerans infection)

Chagas disease

Dengue/severe dengue

Dracunculiasis(Guinea-worm disease)

Food-borne trematodiases and fascioliasis (liver flukes)

Human African trypanosomiasis(sleeping sickness)

Human echinococcosis(hydatid disease)

Leishmaniasis

Leprosy

Lymphatic filariasis

Onchocerciasis(river blindness)

Rabies

Schistosomiasis (bilharzia)

Soil-transmitted helminthiases

Taeniasis/cysticercosis(tapeworms)

Trachoma

Yaws (endemic treponematoses)