neglected diseases

Preferred Label : neglected diseases;

MeSH 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).; Diseases that are underfunded and have low name recognition but are major burdens in less developed countries. Neglected diseases include many tropical infectious diseases, e.g., HELMINTHIASIS; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; and TRACHOMA.;

MeSH synonym : disease, neglected; neglected disease;

CISMeF synonym : diseases, neglected;

DeCS synonym : Neglected Tropical Diseases;

MeSH hyponym : Disease, Neglected Tropical; Neglected Tropical Disease; Tropical Disease, Neglected;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neglected disease;

Details

Origin ID

D058069;

UMLS CUI

C2936328;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Neglected disease [PASCAL descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Neglected Tropical Diseases [MeSH concept]
- neglected diseases [MeSH concept]
See also
- rare diseases [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- developing countries [MeSH Descriptor]
- elephantiasis, filarial [MeSH Descriptor]
- helminthiasis [MeSH Descriptor]
- leprosy [MeSH Descriptor]
- onchocerciasis [MeSH Descriptor]
- schistosomiasis [MeSH Descriptor]
- trachoma [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]

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