01024nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001200054700001200066700001500078700001400093245005100107856007900158300001300237490000700250520057100257022001400828       2020                            d  c01/20201 aHotez P1 aAksoy S1 aBrindley P1 aKamhawi S00aWhat constitutes a neglected tropical disease?  uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008001  ae00080010 v143 a<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) currently classifies 20 diseases and conditions as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). However, since its inception in 2007, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases has considered an expanded list that includes additional diseases with the chronic and/or debilitating, and poverty-promoting features of NTDs. Described here is an update of our current scope, which attempts to embrace all of the NTDs, and a discussion of the status of some of the more debated medical conditions in terms of whether or not they constitute an NTD.</p>  a1935-2735