"Neglected Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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).
| Descriptor ID |
D058069
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.890
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| Concept/Terms |
Neglected Diseases- Neglected Diseases
- Disease, Neglected
- Diseases, Neglected
- Neglected Disease
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2017 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neglected Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Revisiting What Constitutes a Neglected Tropical Disease? PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Feb; 19(2):e0012794.
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Vaccines in a time of global boiling and megacities. Trends Parasitol. 2025 Mar; 41(3):167-169.
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Global Vaccine Access Demands Combating Both Inequity And Hesitancy. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 12; 42(12):1681-1688.
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Neglected tropical disease vaccines: hookworm, leishmaniasis, and schistosomiasis. Vaccine. 2023 Nov 03; 41 Suppl 2:S176-S179.
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COVID-19 vaccines and the pandemic: lessons learnt for other neglected diseases and future threats. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 06; 8(6).
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Vietnam: Neglected tropical diseases in an emerging and accelerating economy. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 02; 16(2):e0010140.
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ASCVac-1, a Multi-Peptide Chimeric Vaccine, Protects Mice Against Ascaris suum Infection. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:788185.
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Tropical Infectious Diseases: Still Here, Still Raging, Still Killing. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 10 25; 105(6):1435-1436.
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A 20-year historical review of West Nile virus since its initial emergence in North America: Has West Nile virus become a neglected tropical disease? PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 05; 15(5):e0009190.
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Chagas Disease in the United States: A Perspective on Diagnostic Testing Limitations and Next Steps. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 02 01; 104(3):800-804.