TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hotez,Peter J.
ED  - American Society for Microbiology.
TI  - Forgotten people, forgotten diseases: the neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development 
SN  - 9781555818746 (print)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - ASM Press
KW  - Parasitic Diseases
KW  - prevention & control
KW  - Tropical Medicine
KW  - Neglected Diseases
KW  - World Health
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to the neglected tropical diseases : the ancient afflictions of stigma and poverty -- "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 diseases -- Future trends in control of neglected tropical diseases and the antipoverty vaccines -- Repairing the world
ER  -