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In this special issue of Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México, we stress the importance of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in order to call attention to an old issue that remains as a public health problem in Mexico and Latin America, as well as at a global level. For this Special Issue, we have invited a select group of experts who contributed to the Editorial and Original and Review articles focusing on some of the NTDs, their epidemiology, clinical aspects and public policies, in addition to scientific investigation being conducted. Topics include tropical diseases caused by parasites (helminthes and protozoa), viruses and bacteria, which affect certain populations in Latin America. However, many of these diseases have a global impact for two reasons: 1) geographic expansion of the reservoirs, vectors and the approach of human populations to ecological niches of transmission, and 2) as a result of globalization through increased mobility of populations in endemic areas to nonendemic areas. An example is the transmission of diseases such as onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis as the historical legacy provided by the “slave route” fron Africa to Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Vol. 68 Núm.2. Marzo-Abril 2011 Pags. 75-77 Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 2011; 68(2)