Table 1 Neglected tropical diseases: Overview of WHO and PLOS NTD lists, their main reservoir and mode of transmission

 Dengue and Chikungunya fevers^a

X

X

 Japanese encephalitis

X

X

 Jungle yellow fever

X

X

 Other arboviral infections

X

X

 Rabies^a

X

X^e

 Rift Valley fever

X

X

 Viral haemorrhagic fevers

X

X

X

X^{d, e}

 Bartonellosis

X

X

X

X^e

 Bovine tuberculosis in humans

X

X

 Buruli ulcer^a

X^h

X^h

X^d

 Cholera

X

X

 Diarrhoeal diseases (Shigella, Salmonella, E. coli)

X

X

 Leprosy^a

X

(X)

X^e

 Leptospirosis

X

X

 Trachoma^a

X

X^e

 Treponematoses (Yaws, Endemic syphilis, Pinta)^a

X

X^e

 Dracunculiasis^a

X

X

 Echinococcosis^a

X

X

 Food-borne trematodiases^a

X

X

 Loiasis

X

X

 Lymphatic filariasis (LF)^a

X

X

 Onchocerciasis^a

X

X

 Schistosomiasis^a

X

X

X^e

 Soil-transmitted helminthiases (Ascariasis, Hookworm disease, Trichuriasis, Strongyloidiasis)^a

X

X

X^e

 Taenia solium (Neuro)Cysticercosis/Taeniosis^a

X (only taeniosis)

X

 Toxocariasis and other larva Migrans diseases

X

X

X^e

 Amoebiasis

X

X

 Balantidiasis

X

X

 Chagas disease^a

X

X

X^g

 Giardiasis

X

X

 Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)^a

X

X

X

 Leishmaniasis^a

X

X

X

X^g

 Myiasis

X

X

 Scabies^a

X

X

Snake bite envenoming

X

X^e