eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | neural tube defects |
| Comorbidity | C0024530|malaria |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 21709722 | These conditions, which include hiv/aids, tuberculosis, malaria, and an assemblage of “neglected tropical diseases” (ntds) comprised of various helminthic, protozoan, viral and bacterial infections, primarily affect impoverished people in low- and middle-income countries.1,2 the fact that most people who are affected by ntds cannot afford expensive treatments has inhibited investment in research and development (r&d) in this area. |
| PubMedID- 22490207 | More than a million children in africa are "polyparasitized", infected with both malaria and a combination of these ntds [9], leading to lower school attendance, lethargy and impaired attention as well as having indirect (though malabsorption of nutrients and iron-deficiency anaemia) and direct effects on the brain [10]. |
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