01656nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001653002100042653001500063653002300078653002300101653001100124653002800135100001400163700001400177700001400191245007600205856007900281300001000360490000600370520103600376022001401412       2012                            d10aTropical Climate10aPrevalence10aParasitic Diseases10aNeglected Diseases10aHumans10aCardiovascular Diseases1 aMoolani Y1 aBukhman G1 aHotez P J00aNeglected tropical diseases as hidden causes of cardiovascular disease.  uhttp://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0001499   ae14990 v63 a<p>Editor's abstract:</p>

<p>An important component of the burden of cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries may be attributed to the neglected tropical diseases.</p>

<p>There is a growing awareness of the importance of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) in the world's low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).</p>

<p>Specifically with respect to neglected populations, an important component of cardiovascular disease may be attributable to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and other infections of poverty.</p>

<p>We lack adequate data to determine the true extent of human cardiovascular disease that results from NTDs and other neglected infections of poverty.[..] There is an urgent need to understand the contribution of neglected diseases to heart disease in LMICs in order to design appropriate intervention strategies. [..] There also remains a dearth of adequate control tools, that is, new drugs or vaccines for the neglected causes of human cardiovascular disease in LMICs.</p>
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