Table 1.
Infectious diseases of poverty | Estimated DALYs (in thousands) |
---|---|
Neglected tropical diseases
| |
Viral: Dengue |
1, 243 |
Rabies |
2, 297 |
Protozoan: Human African trypanosomiasis |
1, 346 |
Chagas disease |
499 |
Leishmaniasis |
3, 754 |
Helminth: Cysticercosis/Taeniasis |
503 |
Dracunculiasis |
– |
Echinococcosis |
600 |
Food borne trematodiasis |
665 |
Lymphatic filariasis |
2, 740 |
Onchocerciasis |
564 |
Schistosomiasis |
3, 971 |
Ascariasis |
1, 254 |
Trichuriasis |
630 |
Hookworm disease |
3, 159 |
Bacterial: Buruli ulcer |
– |
Leprosy |
215 |
Trachoma |
308 |
Yaws |
– |
Tuberculosis
|
42,240 |
HIV/AIDS
|
95,226 |
Malaria | 55,414 |
Source: WHO. Disease Burden: DALY Estimates 2011 and Global Burden of Diseases 2010.