Tropical Diseases

Authors cite vaccines' potential to break poverty cycle

Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 19th, 2006

In "The antipoverty vaccines," an article soon to be published in Vaccine, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, and Meghan T. Ferris, MD, explain how a group of parasitic and bacterial illnesses are not only caused by poverty, but also perpetuate it.

The impact of neglected tropical diseases on child and adolescent development, maternal and prenatal conditions, and worker productivity holds populations in a persistent state of underdevelopment. The article describes the effects and the scope of 11 neglected tropical diseases and the status of clinical trials for vaccines for three of these diseases: hookworm, leishmaniasis, and schistosomiasis. The article was published online...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-07-19)

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