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050 1 4 _aRC961
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100 1 _aHotez, Peter J.
245 1 0 _aForgotten people, forgotten diseases :
_bthe neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development /
_cPeter J. Hotez.
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aWashington, DC :
_bASM Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©2013
300 _a1 online resource (281 pages) :
_billustrations (some color), maps (some color), color portrait
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction to the neglected tropical diseases : the ancient afflictions of stigma and poverty -- "The unholy trinity" : the soil-transmitted helminth infections ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm infection -- Schistosomiasis (snail fever) -- The filarial infections : lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and dracunculiasis (guinea worm) -- The blinding neglected tropical diseases : onchocerciasis (river blindness) and trachoma -- The mycobacterial infections : buruli ulcer and leprosy -- The kinetoplastid infections : human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), chagas disease, and the leishmaniases -- The urban neglected tropical diseases : leptospirosis, dengue, and rabies -- The neglected tropical diseases of North America -- The global network for neglected tropical diseases -- Future trends in control of neglected tropical diseases and the antipoverty vaccines -- Repairing the world.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aTropical medicine.
650 0 _aParasitic diseases
_xPrevention.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
710 2 _aAmerican Society for Microbiology.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHotez, Peter J.
_tForgotten people, forgotten diseases : the neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development.
_dWashington, DC : ASM Press, [2013]
_hxviii, 255 pages ; 27 cm
_z9781555818746
_w(DNLM)101600305
_w(DLC)10829423
797 2 _aebrary.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10829423
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
908 _a170314
942 0 0 _cEB
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