| NTDs | Neglected Tropical Diseases; |
| WHO | World Health Organization; |
| HTS | High-Throughput Screening; |
| FDA | Food and Drug and Administration; |
| HAT | Human African Trypanosomiasis; |
| DALY | Disability Adjusted Life Year; |
| NECT | Nifurtimox-Eflornithine Combination Therapy; |
| CNS | Central Nervous System; |
| ODC | Ornithine Decarboxylase; |
| NTR-1 | type 1 nitroreductase; |
| PKDL | Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis; |
| AmpB | Amphotericin B; |
| ACT | Artemisinin-based Combined Therapies; |
| DNDi | Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative; |
| MMV | Medicine for Malaria Venture; |
| NGOs | Non-Governmental Organizations; |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute; |
| NPNPD | Program for the Discovery of Natural Products; |
| QSAR | Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; |
| CRK12 | Cdc2-related kinase 12; |
| PTR1 | Pteridine Reductase 1; |
| DHFR-TS | bifunctional Dihydrofolate Reductase-Thymidylate Synthase; |
| HCS | High Content Screening; |
| CCD | charge-coupled device; |
| SI | Selective Index; |
| LTopIB | Leishmania DNA topoisomerase IB. |