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Is Melioidosis a One Health-Neglected Disease in Iran?

According to the several scientific resources, Iran is considered to be among the melioidosis-endemic regions of the world; this is in stark contrast to the domestic stance in Iran, where the risk of melioidosis is speculated only as an emerging infectious disease in a non-endemic area. Recently, we have had devastating flash floods in the most provinces of Iran; the changing of soil structure ...

Otomycosis: a neglected disease.

A SURVEY of British literature leaves the impression that otomycosis has never held a prominent place among ear diseases in this country. Dismissing the condition in a few lines, most authors suggest that it occurs infrequently and that treatment is a simple matter of applying some wellknown preparation. It is, however, apparent in most clinics that the discharging ear still presents unsolved p...

Neglected Brain Disease—Suicide

Filarial hydrocele: a neglected condition of a neglected tropical disease.

Filarial hydrocele is the most common chronic manifestation of lymphatic filariasis (LF) and poses a major public health burden to several filarial endemic countries. This review highlights the socio-economic impact of the disease, the role of the immune system in hydrocele development, current diagnostic approaches, and the control and management of filarial hydrocele. In the quest to facilita...

Chromoblastomycosis: a Neglected Tropical Disease

Chromoblastomycosis (CMB) is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue caused by a transcutaneous traumatic inoculation of a specific group of dematiaceous fungi occurring mainly in tropical and subtropical zones worldwide. If not diagnosed at early stages, patients with CBM require long term therapy with systemic antifungals, sometimes associated with physical methods....