Forgotten people, forgotten diseases : the neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Washington, DC :
ASM Press,
[2013]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.