Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development

ISBN-13: 9781683673873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 256 str.

Peter J. Hotez

Spis treści

Preface ixAcknowledgments xiiiChapter 1 Introduction to the Neglected Tropical Diseases: the Ancient Afflictions of Stigma and Poverty 1Chapter 2 "The Unholy Trinity": the Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, and Hookworm Infection 17Chapter 3 Schistosomiasis (Snail Fever) and the Food-borne Trematodiases 39Chapter 4 Elephantiasis: Lymphatic Filariasis, Endemic Nonfilarial Elephantiasis (Podoconiosis), and Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm) 55Chapter 5 The Blinding Neglected Tropical Diseases: Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) and Trachoma 75Chapter 6 The Mycobacterial Infections: Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy 95Chapter 7 The Kinetoplastid Infections: Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness), American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease), and the Leishmaniases 111Chapter 8 The Urban Neglected Tropical Diseases: Leptospirosis, Dengue and Zika, and Rabies 143Chapter 9 The Neglected Tropical Diseases of North America 159Chapter 10 Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, and a New WHO Roadmap (2021-2030) 181Chapter 11 Future Trends in Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Antipoverty Vaccines 203Chapter 12 The Newest NTDs and a Plea to "Repair the World" 217Appendix: What Are the Neglected Tropical Diseases? 227Index 229About the Author 239

O autorze

Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, is an internationally-recognized physician-scientist in NTDs and vaccine development. Professor Hotez is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, codirector of the Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development, Texas Children's Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, and the founding Editorin-Chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, among other appointments."Like Dr. Hotez, I have struggled with how to best get the word out about our need to address NTDs and their link to poverty. Now he has provided us all with a remarkable tool, a book for people without an extensive scientific or medical background. Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases is an excellent 'one-stop' primer about NTDs."--Soledad O'Brien, Host, Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien