Neglected Tropical Diseases - East Asia [electronic resource] edited by Jürg Utzinger, Peiling Yap, Martin Bratschi, Peter Steinmann.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2194-8283
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Utzinger, Jürg (Editor)
Yap, Peiling (Editor)
Bratschi, Martin (Editor)
Steinmann, Peter (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Neglected Tropical Diseases,
Subjects:
Parasitology.
Diseases.
Tropical medicine.
Medical microbiology.
Public health.
Online Access:
Springer Biomedical and Life Sciences eBooks 2019 English/International: 2019 (Springer Link)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.