Indaba grand challenge: curing Leishmaniasis, a neglected disease(deeplearningindaba.com)
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Indaba grand challenge: curing Leishmaniasis, a neglected disease
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In the south of Europe many dogs die of it; it would be great to have something that eradicates it.
Perhaps a better sounding title is “Help cure a neglected disease prevalent in Africa” ?
Leishmaniasis is not restricted to the African continent so the slightly longer title of: “Help cure a neglected disease prevalent in developing countries” may be more accurate.
Leishmaniasis is not restricted to the African continent so the slightly longer title of: “Help cure a neglected disease prevalent in developing countries” may be more accurate.
Seriously, there is already a official appropriate term for it: neglected tropical disease (NTD).
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/leishmaniasis/index.html#:~:te....
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/leishmaniasis/index.html#:~:te....
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I don't see why we shouldn't follow the site guideline: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize". I've changed the title and added "neglected disease", which is used in the opening sentence almost as an extension of the title.
Submitted title was "Help cure an African neglected disease"
Submitted title was "Help cure an African neglected disease"
Leishmaniasis occurs in Africa, but also in many other places. The ceramic record in pre-Colombian Central and South America includes depictions of people suffering from severe Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis, while Middle Eastern and British “explorers” into India supposedly came across villages completely wiped out by Visceral Leishmaniasis. It’s even speculated that Machu Picchu was built where it was because it was above the elevation where Leishmaniasis occurs. I’m all for curing it because 2 of the 3 forms are hideously dangerous (Cutaneous Leishmaniasis less so), but it’s disingenuous to call it an African disease.