Editorial

Editorial Editorial (1708) Total Article Views Authors: Unnasch T Published Date May 2011 Volume 2011:2 Pages 79 - 80 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRTM.S17880 Thomas Unnasch Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA People living in tropical regions account for a large percentage of the world’s population, and residents of the tropics face many challenges to their health. Populations living in tropical regions must deal with most of the same diseases that confront people inhabiting temperate regions, but face many other health problems as well. For example, it is estimated that the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including the parasitic helminths and apicoplast parasites, afflict roughly 40% of the world’s population, almost all of whom reside in tropical climates. Post to: Cannotea Citeulike Del.icio.us Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Readers of this article also read: The quality of sample surveys in a developing nation Human rotavirus genotypes circulating in Brazil before and after a nationwide rotavirus vaccination program established in 2006 Drug use trajectory patterns among older drug users Bacterial enteropathogens associated with diarrhea in a rural population of Haiti Problematic use of prescription-type opioids prior to heroin use among young heroin injectors Lessons from a study in a rural community from southern Mexico: risk factors associated to transmission and reinfection of gastrointestinal parasites after albendazole treatment An update on the detection and treatment of Rickettsia felis Anti-infective medicine quality: analysis of basic product quality by approval status and country of manufacture Review of the current treatments for leishmaniases Current approaches and future directions in the treatment of leprosy