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

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1. autor: Hotez, Peter J.
Korporacja: American Society for Microbiology
Format: Elektroniczne E-book
Język:angielski
Wydane: Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2013]
Wydanie:Second edition.
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Spis treści:
  • Introduction to the neglected tropical diseases : the ancient afflictions of stigma and poverty
  • "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 diseases
  • Future trends in control of neglected tropical diseases and the antipoverty vaccines
  • Repairing the world.