Figure 1
Number of NTDs present by country according to WHO estimates.
Source: World Heart Organization [Internet]. Neglected tropical diseases; c2020 [cited 2020 July 04]. Available from: https://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/diseases/en/.
Figure 2
Global distribution of IASC emerging leaders, 2020.
Source: Interamerican Society of Cardiology [Internet]. Emerging leaders program; c2020 [cited 2020 July 04]. Available from: http://www.siacardio.com/lideres-emergentes-siac/.
Table 1
Working groups and research topics.
| Research topic | Principal investigator | Co-Principal investigator |
|---|---|---|
| HIV & Heart | Macarena Cousirat (Argentina) | Cristhian Ramírez (Colombia) |
| Dengue & Heart | Diego Araiza Garaygordobil (México) | Carlos Eduardo García (Guatemala) |
| Zika & Heart | Cristhian Emmanuel Scatularo (Argentina) | Oswaldo Andrés Ballesteros (Ecuador) |
| Chikungunya & Heart | Ana Laura Sauce Pérez (México) | Juan Ignacio Cotella (Argentina) |
| Tuberculosis & Heart | José Patricio López (Colombia) | Liliana Posada (México) |
| African Trypanosomiasis & Heart | Héctor Isaac Ortiz (Guatemala) | Juan Farina (Argentina) |
| Malaria & Heart | Shyla Gupta (Canada) | Naomi Gazendam (Canada) |
| Chagas & Heart | Andrés Felipe Miranda (Colombia) | Gonzalo Miranda (Argentina) |
| Schistosomiasis & Heart | Liliana Posada (México) | Luis Gerardo González (México) |
| Lyme & Heart | Cynthia Yeung (Canada) | Dennys Franco (México) |
| Cysticercosis & Heart | Carlos Eduardo Garcia (Guatemala) | Cristhian Emmanuel Scatularo (Argentina) |
| Echinococcosis & Heart | Oswaldo Andres Ballesteros (Ecuador) | Diego Araiza Garaygordobil (México) |
| Fascioliasis & Heart | Juan Ignacio Cotella (Argentina) | Ana Laura Sauce (México) |
| Leishmaniasis & Heart | Juan Farina (Argentina) | Carlos Eduardo Garcia (Guatemala) |
| COVID-19 & Heart | Cristhian Ramirez (Colombia) | Lucrecia Burgos (Argentina) |
| Rabies & Heart | Gonzalo Miranda (Argentina) | Jose Patricio Lopez (Colombia) |
| Toxoplasmosis & Heart | Zier Zhou (Canada) | Hector Isaac Ortiz (Guatemala) |