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Forgotten people, forgotten diseases : the neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hotez, Peter J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Tropical medicine.
Parasitic Diseases > prevention & control.
Antiparasitic Agents > therapeutic use.
Developing Countries > economics.
International Cooperation.
Tropical Medicine.
Global Health.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the neglected tropical diseases
  • "The unholy trinity" : the soil-transmitted Helminth infections ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm infection
  • Schistosomiasis (snail fever)
  • The filarial infections : lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and dracunculiasis (Guinea worm)
  • The blinding neglected tropical diseases : onchocerciasis (river blindness) and trachoma
  • The mycobacterial infections : buruli ulcer and leprosy
  • The kinetoplastid infections : human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), Chagas' disease, and the leishmaniases
  • The urban neglected tropical diseases : leptospirosis, dengue, and rabies
  • The neglected tropical diseases of North America
  • The global network for neglected tropical disease control
  • Future trends in control of neglected tropical diseases and the antipoverty vaccines
  • Repairing the world.