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Neglected Diseases

MedGen UID:
424704
Concept ID:
C2936328
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Disease, Neglected; Diseases, Neglected; Neglected Disease

Definition

Diseases that are underfunded and have low name recognition but are major burdens in less developed countries. The World Health Organization has designated six tropical infectious diseases as being neglected in industrialized countries that are endemic in many developing countries (HELMINTHIASIS; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; and TRACHOMA). [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNeglected Diseases

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pérez-Molina JA, Crespillo-Andújar C, Bosch-Nicolau P, Molina I
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed) 2021 Nov;39(9):458-470. doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2020.04.012. PMID: 34736749
Mantoani SP, de Andrade P, Chierrito TPC, Figueredo AS, Carvalho I
Curr Med Chem 2019;26(23):4403-4434. doi: 10.2174/0929867324666170727103901. PMID: 28748757
Aamir M, Sadaf A, Khan S, Perveen S, Khan A
Curr Top Med Chem 2018;18(18):1550-1558. doi: 10.2174/1568026618666181025100434. PMID: 30360715

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Araiza-Garaygordobil D, García-Martínez CE, Burgos LM, Saldarriaga C, Liblik K, Mendoza I, Martinez-Selles M, Scatularo CE, Farina JM, Baranchuk A; Neglected Tropical Diseases and other Infectious Diseases affecting the Heart (the NET‐Heart) project
Cardiovasc J Afr 2021 Sep-Oct 23;32(5):276-283. Epub 2021 Jul 20 doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2021-033. PMID: 34292294Free PMC Article
Karpagam KB, Ganesh B
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2020 May;39(5):835-846. Epub 2020 Jan 2 doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03797-4. PMID: 31898795
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Büscher P, Cecchi G, Jamonneau V, Priotto G
Lancet 2017 Nov 25;390(10110):2397-2409. Epub 2017 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31510-6. PMID: 28673422
Queiroz-Telles F, de Hoog S, Santos DW, Salgado CG, Vicente VA, Bonifaz A, Roilides E, Xi L, Azevedo CM, da Silva MB, Pana ZD, Colombo AL, Walsh TJ
Clin Microbiol Rev 2017 Jan;30(1):233-276. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00032-16. PMID: 27856522Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Thomas C, Coates SJ, Engelman D, Chosidow O, Chang AY
J Am Acad Dermatol 2020 Mar;82(3):533-548. Epub 2019 Jul 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.05.109. PMID: 31310840
Booth M
Adv Parasitol 2018;100:39-126. Epub 2018 Mar 28 doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2018.02.001. PMID: 29753342Free PMC Article
Nii-Trebi NI
Biomed Res Int 2017;2017:5245021. Epub 2017 Feb 13 doi: 10.1155/2017/5245021. PMID: 28286767Free PMC Article
Agudelo Higuita NI, Brunetti E, McCloskey C
J Clin Microbiol 2016 Mar;54(3):518-23. Epub 2015 Dec 16 doi: 10.1128/JCM.02420-15. PMID: 26677245Free PMC Article

Therapy

Pérez-Molina JA, Crespillo-Andújar C, Bosch-Nicolau P, Molina I
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed) 2021 Nov;39(9):458-470. doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2020.04.012. PMID: 34736749
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Thomas C, Coates SJ, Engelman D, Chosidow O, Chang AY
J Am Acad Dermatol 2020 Mar;82(3):533-548. Epub 2019 Jul 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.05.109. PMID: 31310840
Krolewiecki A, Nutman TB
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Mar;33(1):135-151. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2018.10.006. PMID: 30712758Free PMC Article
Queiroz-Telles F, de Hoog S, Santos DW, Salgado CG, Vicente VA, Bonifaz A, Roilides E, Xi L, Azevedo CM, da Silva MB, Pana ZD, Colombo AL, Walsh TJ
Clin Microbiol Rev 2017 Jan;30(1):233-276. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00032-16. PMID: 27856522Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Lin Y, Fang K, Zheng Y, Wang HL, Wu J
J Travel Med 2022 May 31;29(3) doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac031. PMID: 35238925
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Büscher P, Cecchi G, Jamonneau V, Priotto G
Lancet 2017 Nov 25;390(10110):2397-2409. Epub 2017 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31510-6. PMID: 28673422
Costa F, Hagan JE, Calcagno J, Kane M, Torgerson P, Martinez-Silveira MS, Stein C, Abela-Ridder B, Ko AI
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015;9(9):e0003898. Epub 2015 Sep 17 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898. PMID: 26379143Free PMC Article
Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Collaborators
Lancet 2015 Aug 22;386(9995):743-800. Epub 2015 Jun 7 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4. PMID: 26063472Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Tarín-Vicente EJ, Alemany A, Agud-Dios M, Ubals M, Suñer C, Antón A, Arando M, Arroyo-Andrés J, Calderón-Lozano L, Casañ C, Cabrera JM, Coll P, Descalzo V, Folgueira MD, García-Pérez JN, Gil-Cruz E, González-Rodríguez B, Gutiérrez-Collar C, Hernández-Rodríguez Á, López-Roa P, de Los Ángeles Meléndez M, Montero-Menárguez J, Muñoz-Gallego I, Palencia-Pérez SI, Paredes R, Pérez-Rivilla A, Piñana M, Prat N, Ramirez A, Rivero Á, Rubio-Muñiz CA, Vall M, Acosta-Velásquez KS, Wang A, Galván-Casas C, Marks M, Ortiz-Romero PL, Mitjà O
Lancet 2022 Aug 27;400(10353):661-669. Epub 2022 Aug 8 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01436-2. PMID: 35952705Free PMC Article
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Coslett HB
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2018 Jun;24(3, BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY):768-782. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000606. PMID: 29851877
Beck-Peccoz P, Rodari G, Giavoli C, Lania A
Nat Rev Endocrinol 2017 Oct;13(10):588-598. Epub 2017 May 26 doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2017.47. PMID: 28549061
Costa F, Hagan JE, Calcagno J, Kane M, Torgerson P, Martinez-Silveira MS, Stein C, Abela-Ridder B, Ko AI
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015;9(9):e0003898. Epub 2015 Sep 17 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898. PMID: 26379143Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Lake SJ, Kaldor JM, Hardy M, Engelman D, Steer AC, Romani L
Clin Infect Dis 2022 Sep 29;75(6):959-967. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac042. PMID: 35088849Free PMC Article
Erber AC, Sandler PJ, de Avelar DM, Swoboda I, Cota G, Walochnik J
Parasit Vectors 2022 Jan 24;15(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-05133-2. PMID: 35073980Free PMC Article
Araiza-Garaygordobil D, García-Martínez CE, Burgos LM, Saldarriaga C, Liblik K, Mendoza I, Martinez-Selles M, Scatularo CE, Farina JM, Baranchuk A; Neglected Tropical Diseases and other Infectious Diseases affecting the Heart (the NET‐Heart) project
Cardiovasc J Afr 2021 Sep-Oct 23;32(5):276-283. Epub 2021 Jul 20 doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2021-033. PMID: 34292294Free PMC Article
Duggal SD, Chugh TD
Med Princ Pract 2020;29(6):514-523. Epub 2020 May 18 doi: 10.1159/000508717. PMID: 32422637Free PMC Article
Costa F, Hagan JE, Calcagno J, Kane M, Torgerson P, Martinez-Silveira MS, Stein C, Abela-Ridder B, Ko AI
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015;9(9):e0003898. Epub 2015 Sep 17 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898. PMID: 26379143Free PMC Article

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