# Building Research and Development Capacity for Neglected Tropical Diseases Impacting Leishmaniasis in the Middle East and North Africa: A Case Study

**Authors:** Sima Rafati, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Mostafa Ghanei

PMC · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003695 · PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases · 2015-08-27

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- **Diseases:** Infectious Diseases (MESH:D003141), VL (MESH:D007898), lymphatic filariasis (MESH:D004605), poverty-related diseases (MESH:D000077733), AIDS (MESH:D000163), helminthic infections (MESH:D007239), R&D (MESH:C580424), dracunculiasis (MESH:D004320), schistosomiasis (MESH:D012552), Leishmania major (MESH:D007896), Chagas disease (MESH:D014355), soil-transmitted helminth infections (MESH:D012749), tuberculosis (MESH:D014376), NTDs (MESH:D058069), protozoan (MESH:D011528), leprosy (MESH:D007918), bacterial (MESH:D001424), brucellosis (MESH:D002006), Buruli ulcer (MESH:D054312), HIV/AIDS (MESH:D015658), CL (MESH:D016773), rabies (MESH:D011818), toxoplasmosis (MESH:D014123), NTD (MESH:D009436), trachoma (MESH:D014141), malaria (MESH:D008288), Tropical Diseases (MESH:D015493), viral (MESH:D014777)
- **Species:** Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly, species) [taxon 7227], Dengue virus (no rank) [taxon 12637], Leishmania (subgenus) [taxon 38568], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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