Table 1

The 20 neglected tropical diseases recognised by the WHO*

CategoryDisease
Protozoan infections

  1. Chagas disease

  2. Human African trypanosomiasis

  3. Leishmaniasis

Helminth infections

  1. Taenia solium (neuro) cysticercosis/Taeniosis

  2. Dracunculiasis

  3. Echinococcus

  4. Foodborne trematodiases

  5. Lymphatic filariasis

  6. Onchocerciasis

  7. Schistosomiasis

  8. Soil-transmitted helminthiases (ascariasis, Hookworm diseases, trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis)

Bacterial infections

  1. Buruli ulcer

  2. Leprosy

  3. Trachoma

  4. Yaws

Viral infections

  1. Dengue and chikungunya fevers

  2. Rabies

Fungal Infections

  1. Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, deep mycosis

Ectoparasitic infections

  1. Scabies, Myiasis

Venom

  1. Snakebite envenoming