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Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Franco-Paredes, Carlos (Editor ), Santos-Preciado, José Ignacio (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Neglected Tropical Diseases,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Neglected Tropical Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: Burden of Disease and Approaches for Elimination and Control
  • Schistosomiasis in the Americas
  • Chagas Disease
  • Hookworm infection in Latin America and the Caribbean region
  • Plasmodium vivax malaria in Latin America
  • Leishmaniasis in the Americas
  • Fascioliasis
  • A roadmap followed: The path towards the elimination of onchocerciasis in Latin America
  • Leprosy in the Americas: Burden of Disease and approaches for control/elimination
  • Carrion's Disease
  • Dengue in Latin America: a persistent and growing public health challenge
  • Cysticercosis disease burden in Latin America
  • Histopathology of neglected tropical diseases.