Neglected Tropical Diseases - Oceania

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Loukas, Alex (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 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 volume of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) series covers the most prevalent NTDs in Oceania. This book will discuss in detail pathology, diagnostics and control approaches of selected NTDs in the geografic region. A large part of Oceania’s population lives in poverty and therefore is at hi...

Table of Contents:

• Cholera in Oceania
• Hookworm Infection in Oceania
• Strongyloidiasis in Oceania
• Lymphatic Filariasis in Oceania
• Yaws in Oceania: new tools for the global eradication campaign
• Plasmodium vivax in Oceania
• Human Leptospirosis in Oceania
• Arboviruses of Oceania
• Dengue: emergence, determinants, and climate change
• Scabies
• Melioidosis: a neglected bacterial infection associated with high mortality.