Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean

Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9783709114223
ISBN-13 : 3709114225
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Book Synopsis Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean by : Carlos Franco-Paredes

Download or read book Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean written by Carlos Franco-Paredes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-08 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – based on their prevalence and the years of healthy life lost to disability – in Latin American and Caribbean countries. These include Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, hookworm infection, and other soil-transmitted helminth infections, followed by dengue, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, cysticercosis, bartonellosis, Plasmodium vivax malaria, and onchocerciasis. Topics like disease burden, major manifestations and approaches to the control and elimination of NTDs in Latin America and the Caribbean are discussed in detail. As such, the book will be of general interest to basic researchers and clinicians engaged in infectious disease, tropical medicine, and parasitology, and a must-have for scientists specialized in the characteristics of this region of the world.​


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