01423nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001653002200042653001300064653002800077653001200105653002700117653001800144653001100162653002400173653002800197100001200225245003000237856009000267300000800357490000600365520079600371022001401167       2007                            d10aTropical Medicine10aTrachoma10aProfessional Misconduct10aPoverty10aOnchocerciasis, Ocular10aLeishmaniasis10aHumans10aHookworm Infections10aElephantiasis, Filarial1 aHotez P00aA new voice for the poor.  uhttp://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0000077.PDF  ae770 v13 a<p>The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of tropical infections, such as river blindness, hookworm, lymphatic filariasis, leishmaniasis, and trachoma, which represent some of humankind's most ancient scourges and possibly our greatest global health disparities. Largely confined to the unseen rural areas of the developing world, the NTDs were for centuries the forgotten diseases of forgotten people&nbsp;<a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0000077#pntd.0000077-Crompton1">[1]</a>. They are chronic, disabling, and often stigmatizing conditions, and their poverty-promoting features provide a genuine reason why parts of Africa, Asia, and the tropical regions of the Americas cannot escape their low-income status.</p>
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