Neglected tropical diseases of the Middle East and North Africa: review of their prevalence, distribution, and opportunities for control.

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are highly endemic but patchily distributed among the 20 countries and almost 400 million people of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and disproportionately affect an estimated 65 million people living on less than US$2 per day. Egypt has the larg...

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Main Authors: Peter J Hotez, Lorenzo Savioli, Alan Fenwick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3289601?pdf=render