Neglected Tropical Diseases - East Asia

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Utzinger, Jürg (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yap, Peiling (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bratschi, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Steinmann, Peter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Neglected Tropical Diseases,
• Θέματα: Parasitology.; Infectious diseases.; Tropical medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Public health.; Infectious Diseases.; Tropical Medicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Public Health.

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases frequently found in impoverished communities in tropical and sub-tropical countries. The risk for many of the NTDs is high in both deprived urban and rural areas of East Asia. Adapted to the endemic settings and characteristics of the diseas...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Foodborne trematodiases in East Asia: epidemiology and burden
• 3. Leprosy in East Asia
• 4. Dengue, an expanding neglected tropical disease
• 5. Yaws in South-East Asia: towards global eradication
• 6. Rabies in East and Southeast Asia - a mirror of the global situation
• 7. Coinfection with helminths and HIV-1 in East Asia
• 8. Links between the Epidemiology and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases in Asia.