LEADER 03400nam 22007695 450 001 9910253871703321 005 20230901113738.0 010 $a3-319-25471-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-25471-5 035 $a(CKB)3780000000095733 035 $a(EBL)4335164 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001607131 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16316774 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001607131 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14894903 035 $a(PQKB)10907177 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-25471-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4335164 035 $a(PPN)191701572 035 $a(EXLCZ)993780000000095733 100 $a20160113d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNeglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa /$fedited by John Gyapong, Boakye Boatin 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (421 p.) 225 1 $aNeglected Tropical Diseases,$x2194-8283 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-25469-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aBuruli Ulcer -- Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) -- Human African trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness) -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy (Hansen disease) -- Lymphatic filariasis -- Onchocerciasis (River blindness) -- Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis) -- Soil transmitted helminthiases -- Trachoma -- Yaws (Endemic treponematoses) -- Vector Control and NTDs -- Social and economic impact of NTDs -- The role of Health Systems in the control of NTDs. 330 $aThis book provides an overview on the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Leishmaniasis, Buruli Ulcer and Schistosomiasis. In well-structured chapters epidemiology and biology of these parasitic diseases will be discussed in detail. Further, diagnostics and therapeutic approaches as well as prevention strategies will be reviewed. The book will be of interest to basic researchers and clinicians engaged in infectious disease, tropical medicine, and parasitology, and a must-have for scientists specialized in the characteristics of the Sub-Saharan region. 410 0$aNeglected Tropical Diseases,$x2194-8283 606 $aParasitology 606 $aDiseases 606 $aTropical medicine 606 $aMedical microbiology 606 $aPublic health 606 $aParasitology 606 $aDiseases 606 $aTropical Medicine 606 $aMedical Microbiology 606 $aPublic Health 615 0$aParasitology. 615 0$aDiseases. 615 0$aTropical medicine. 615 0$aMedical microbiology. 615 0$aPublic health. 615 14$aParasitology. 615 24$aDiseases. 615 24$aTropical Medicine. 615 24$aMedical Microbiology. 615 24$aPublic Health. 676 $a616.9883 702 $aGyapong$b John$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aBoatin$b Boakye$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910253871703321 996 $aNeglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa$92544068 997 $aUNINA