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Title

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

Author

Hotez, Peter J.

Publication

Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2013.

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Additional Authors

American Society for Microbiology.

Description

xviii, 255 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 27 cm.

Subject

• Developing Countries > economics
• Global Health
• Neglected Diseases > prevention & control
• Parasitic Diseases > prevention & control
• Tropical Medicine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9781555818746 (print)
• 1555818749 (print)
• 9781555818753 (e-book)
• 1555818757 (e-book)

LCCN

2013001419

OCLC

• ocn825403884
• 825403884

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries