Forgotten people, forgotten diseases
Subtitle: the neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development
By: Peter J. Hotez
Contributors: American Society for Microbiology
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781555818746
Subjects: World Health; Tropical Medicine; Economics; Neglected Diseases; Parasitic diseases; Economic conditions; Prevention & control; Developing Countries; Parasitic Diseases; Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the neglected tropical diseases : the ancient afflictions of stigma and poverty; title: "The unholy trinity" : the soil-transmitted helminth infections ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm infection; title: Schistosomiasis (snail fever); title: The filarial infections : lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and dracunculiasis (guinea worm); title: The blinding neglected tropical diseases : onchocerciasis (river blindness) and trachoma; title: The mycobacterial infections : buruli ulcer and leprosy; title: The kinetoplastid infections : human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), chagas disease, and the leishmaniases; title: The urban neglected tropical diseases : leptospirosis, dengue, and rabies; title: The neglected tropical diseases of North America; title: The global network for neglected tropical diseases; title: Future trends in control of neglected tropical diseases and the antipoverty vaccines; title: Repairing the world.