Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gyapong, John (Editor), Boatin, Boakye (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Neglected Tropical Diseases,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Parasitology.; Public health.; Infectious diseases.; Tropical medicine.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Tropical Medicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Public Health.

This book provides an overview on the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Leishmaniasis, Buruli Ulcer and Schistosomiasis. In well-structured chapters epidemiology and biology of these parasitic diseases will be discussed in detail. Further, diagnostics...

Table of Contents:

• Buruli Ulcer
• Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)
• Human African trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness)
• Leishmaniasis
• Leprosy (Hansen disease)
• Lymphatic filariasis
• Onchocerciasis (River blindness)
• Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis)
• Soil transmitted helminthiases
• Trachoma
• Yaws (Endemic treponematoses)
• Vector Control and NTDs
• Social and economic impact of NTDs
• The role of Health Systems in the control of NTDs.