Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa

This 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.

List of contents

Buruli 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.

About the author

Volume Editor: Professor John Gyapong, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Innovation & Development), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

Product details

• Assisted by: Boatin (Editor), Boatin (Editor), Boakye Boatin (Editor), Joh Gyapong (Editor), John Gyapong (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319797960
• ISBN: 978-3-31-979796-0
• No. of pages: 414
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 723 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 414 p. 117 illus., 115 illus. in color.
• Series: Neglected Tropical Diseases; Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; Tropenmedizin, B, Krankheiten und Störungen, Public Health und Präventivmedizin, Mikrobiologie und Virologie, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Public Health, Infectious & contagious diseases, Public health & preventive medicine, Medical microbiology & virology, infectious diseases, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Microbiology, Tropical Medicine, Parasitology