TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hotez,Peter J.
TI  - Forgotten people, forgotten diseases: the neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development 
SN  - 9781555814403
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - ASM Press
KW  - Parasitic Diseases
KW  - prevention & control
KW  - Tropical Medicine
KW  - Antiparasitic Agents
KW  - therapeutic use
KW  - World Health
KW  - International Cooperation
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-205) and index; 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 leishmaniasis -- The urbanneglected 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
ER  -