DEFINITION.

SEC. 303. DEFINITION. In this title, the terms “neglected tropical diseases” and “NTDs”— (1) mean infections caused by pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and helminths that disproportionately impact individuals living in extreme poverty, especially in developing countries; and (2) include— (A) Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium Ulcerans infection); (B) Chagas disease; (C) dengue or severe dengue fever; (D) dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease); (E) echinococcosis; (F) foodborne trematodiases; (G) human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness); (H) leishmaniasis; (I) leprosy; (J) lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis); (K) onchocerciasis (river blindness); (L) scabies; (M) schistosomiasis; (N) soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) (roundworm, whipworm, and hookworm); (O) taeniasis/cysticercosis; (P) trachoma; and (Q) yaws (endemic treponematoses).