Ranking of NTDs by Disease Burden (DALYs) and Comparison with HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

DALYs for each disease in LAC were calculated using global burden data in [17] and [18] and followed by a determination of the percentage of the disease burden in LAC based on the estimated number of cases in LAC (Table 1) divided by the estimated number of cases worldwide [1] multiplied by 100. Alternatively, for Chagas disease, dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), leishmaniasis, and leprosy, information from the disease burdens quoted in [18] were used.