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| MAIN RESERVOIR | MODE OF TRANSMISSION | GLOBAL BURDEN | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIRAL DISEASES | |||
| Dengue and Chikungunya fevers* | Human | Vector-borne | 2920 |
| Japanese encephalitis | Zoonotic | Vector-borne | |
| Jungle yellow fever | Zoonotic | Vector-borne | 314 |
| Other arboviral infections | Zoonotic | Vector-borne | |
| Rabies* | Zoonotic | Direct contact | 634 |
| Rift Valley fever | Zoonotic | Vector-borne | |
| Viral haemorrhagic fevers | Zoonotic | Oral/food-borne, vector-borne, direct contact | |
| BACTERIAL DISEASES | |||
| Bartonellosis | Human, zoonotic | Vector-borne, direct contact | |
| Bovine tuberculosis in humans | Zoonotic | Oral/food-borne | |
| Buruli ulcer* | Zoonotic and/or environmental | Unknown | |
| Cholera | Environment | Oral/food-borne | |
| Diarrhoeal diseases (Shigella, Salmonella, E. coli) | Human | Oral/food-borne | 39600 |
| Leprosy* | Human, (zoonotic) | Direct contact | 31.5 |
| Leptospirosis | Zoonotic | Oral/food-borne | |
| Trachoma* | Human | Direct contact | 303 |
| Treponematoses (Yaws, Endemic syphilis, Pinta)* | Human | Direct contact | |
| HELMINTHIC DISEASES | |||
| Dracunculiasis* | Human | Oral/food-borne | |
| Echinococcosis* | Zoonotic | Oral/food-borne | 100 |
| Food-borne trematodiases (Chlonorchiasis, Fascioliasis, Opisthorchiasis, Paragonimiasis)* | Zoonotic | Oral/food-borne | 1870 |
| Loiasis | Human | Vector-borne | |
| Lymphatic filariasis (LF)* | Human | Vector-borne | 1360 |
| Onchocerciasis* | Human | Vector-borne | 1340 |
| Schistosomiasis* | Human, zoonotic | Direct contact | 1430 |
| Soil-transmitted helminthiases (Ascariasis, Hookworm disease, Trichuriasis, Strongyloidiasis)* | Human | Oral/food-borne, direct contact | 1920 |
| Taenia solium (Neuro)Cysticercosis/Taeniosis* | Zoonotic (only taeniosis) | Oral/food-borne | 1610 |
| Toxocariasis and other larva migrans diseases | Zoonotic | Oral/food-borne, direct contact | |
| PROTOZOAN DISEASES | |||
| Amoebiasis | Human | Oral/food-borne | |
| Balantidiasis | Zoonotic | Vector-borne | |
| Chagas disease* | Zoonotic | Vector-borne, fetal-maternal, blood | 232 |
| Giardiasis | Human | Oral/food-borne | |
| Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)* | Human, zoonotic | Vector-borne | 79.0 |
| Leishmaniasis* | Human, zoonotic | Vector-borne, fetal-maternal, blood | 774 |
| ECTOPARASITIC DISEASES* | |||
| Myiasis | Vector-borne | ||
| Scabies | Human | Direct contact | |
| Snake bite envenoming* | Environment | Direct contact | |
| Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses* | Environment | Direct contact |
a) combination of neglected tropical diseases categorized by WHO and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (source: Klohe K, Amuasi, J, Kaducu JM, et al. The 2017 Oslo conference report on neglected tropical diseases and emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases: focus on populations underserved. Infect Dis Poverty. 2018 Μαγ;8(1):40. DOI: 10.1186/540249-019-0550-8.
b) the average in all-age DALYs (thousands) in 2017 (source: GBD 2017 DALYS and HALE Collaborators. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2018 Nov 10;392(10159):1859-1922.
* indicates the 20 diseases categorized by WHO as belonging to the neglected tropical diseases.
