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VACCINE
Volume 24, Issue 31-32, Pages 5787-5799Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.05.008
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neglected tropical diseases; antipoverty vaccines; amebiasis; buruli ulcer; Chagas disease; Chlamydia infections; hookworm; leishmaniasis; leprosy; leptospirosis; schistosomiasis; treponematoses
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The neglected tropical diseases represent a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases, occurring primarily in rural areas or impoverished urban areas of developing countries. Because of their chronic and stigmatizing character and their impact on child development, pregnancy outcomes, and worker productivity, the neglected tropical diseases are considered poverty-promoting conditions. Through the activities of public-private partnerships, first or second-generation recombinant vaccines for three of these conditions-hookworm, leishmaniasis, and schistosomiasis, have undergone early development and clinical testing. However, through the acquisition of extensive bioinformatics information or animal model testing for several other neglected tropical diseases pathogens, it is possible to consider new generation vaccines as well for amebiasis, Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, Chlamydia infections (including trachoma), leprosy, leptospirosis, and the treponematoses. Early development of such antipoverty vaccines will require the establishment of product development public-private partnerships and partnerships with innovative developing countries where these diseases are endemic. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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