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.

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 infection...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Leishmaniasis with special emphasis on kala azar in South Asia.- Human Amebiasis: insight into the biology and immunopathogenesis
• Overview on ascariasis in humans in South-Asia.- Overview on Trichuriasis in humans
• Overview on Hookworm infection in humans.- Overview on Lymphatic Filariasis
• Leprosy
• Trachoma
• Overview of Leptospirosis
• Overview on Japanese Encephalitis in South and South-East As
• Dengue Virus
• Human rabies in South Asia
• Kyasanur Forest Disease
• Challenges for Control of Arboviral Infections in South Asia.