Forgotten people, forgotten diseases : the neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development /
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Washington, DC :
ASM Press,
2008.
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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.