Paul J. Brindley

1 month ago | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Paul J. Brindley |Peter Hotez |Shaden Kamhawi

KeywordsNeglected Diseases, Humans, Tropical Medicine, Poverty, Quality of LifeAbstractPLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs) publishes research devoted to pathogenesis and other clinical aspects, epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and control of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), as well as work relevant to public health policy.

2 months ago | journals.plos.org | Paul J. Brindley |George Washington |Peter Hotez

Revisiting our ScopeStarting with the first issue of PLOS NTDs in 2007, our community of public health and scientific experts has worked to refine and shape the meaning of “neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)”, emphasizing both their occurrence in the setting of poverty and their role in reinforcing poverty through their often chronic, debilitating, and stigmatizing features [1].