Neglected Tropical Diseases - South Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Singh, Sunit K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Series: Neglected Tropical Diseases,
• Subjects: Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Parasitology.; Tropical medicine.; Public health.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.; Tropical Medicine.; Public Health.
• Physical Description: X, 404 p. 40 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319684932
• ISSN: 2194-8275
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68493-2

This book covers all aspects of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the region of South Asia. NTDs constitute a significant part of the total disease burden in this geographic area, including soil borne helminth infections, vector borne viral infections, protozoan infections and a few bacterial infections. The current volume covers the most common neglected viral, bacterial and protozoan infections. On top of that, the last part of the volume is dedicated to the management of neglected tropical diseases.