Using the number of scientific publications during 2010-2017 as a proxy for research intensity on a given infectious disease, researchers report that research intensity relative to published global disease burden was high for influenza, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis, and low for paratyphoid fever; certain neglected tropical diseases, such as Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and leprosy, also had high research intensity relative to their disease burden, according to the authors.
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Article #18-14484: "Analysis of research intensity on infectious disease by disease burden reveals which infectious diseases are neglected by researchers," by Yuki Furuse.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences