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

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

Peter J. Hotez

ASM Press, c2013

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common infections of the world's poor, but few people know about these diseases and why they are so important. This second edition of Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases provides an overview of the NTDs and how they devastate the poor, essentially trapping them in a vicious cycle of extreme poverty by preventing them from working or attaining their full intellectual and cognitive development. Author Dr Peter J. Hotez highlights a new opportunity to control and perhaps eliminate these ancient scourges, though alliances between nongovernmental development organisations and private-public partnerships to create a successful environment for mass drug administration and product development activities. Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases is an essential resource for anyone seeking a roadmap to coordinate global advocacy and mobilization of resources to combat NTDs. This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

目次

Foreword to the Second Edition, Soledad O'Brien Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction to the Neglected Tropical Diseases: the Ancient Afflictions of Stigma and Poverty 1 Chapter 2 "The Unholy Trinity": the Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, and Hookworm Infection 17 Chapter 3 Schistosomiasis (Snail Fever) 41 Chapter 4 The Filarial Infections: Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) and Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm) 57 Chapter 5 The Blinding Neglected Tropical Diseases: Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) and Trachoma 77 Chapter 6 The Mycobacterial Infections: Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy 97 Chapter 7 The Kinetoplastid Infections: Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness), Chagas Disease, and the Leishmaniases 115 Chapter 8 The Urban Neglected Tropical Diseases: Leptospirosis, Dengue, and Rabies 149 Chapter 9 The Neglected Tropical Diseases of North America 165 Chapter 10 The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases 189 Chapter 11 Future Trends in Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Antipoverty Vaccines 213 Chapter 12 Repairing the World 231 Appendix: What Are the NTDs? 242 Index 245 About the Author 255

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詳細情報
  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB14881289
  • ISBN
    • 9781555818746
  • LCCN
    2008010700
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Washington, DC
  • ページ数/冊数
    xviii, 254 p.
  • 大きさ
    26 cm
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