Describe the situation with NTDs in the East Asia Pacific (EAP) region using theHotez (2020) paper. What factors are having a positive influence on the impact ofNTDs in the region, and what factors are cause for concern. Why?
Choose any of the NTDs mentioned in the Hotez paper and describe it in moredetail: its prevalence (at whatever geographic level you choose), etiology (virus,protozoa, etc.), how it is transmitted, any known risk factors, what it does to thehuman body (pathology), signs and symptoms, any treatments, and what effortsare being made to control, eliminate, or eradicate the disease and support thosewho have contracted it.
* I am providing the first article to answer the first prompt. For the second prompt, use journal articles to answer.
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