TY - JOUR
KW - Tropical Climate
KW - Prevalence
KW - Parasitic Diseases
KW - Neglected Diseases
KW - Humans
KW - Cardiovascular Diseases
AU - Moolani Y
AU - Bukhman G
AU - Hotez P J
AB - <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>

BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22745835?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001499
IS - 6
J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis
LA - eng
N2 - <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>

PY - 2012
EP - e1499
T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
TI - Neglected tropical diseases as hidden causes of cardiovascular disease.
UR - http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0001499 
VL - 6
SN - 1935-2735
ER -