Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean - Franco-Paredes, Carlos; Santos-Preciado, José Ignacio; SpringerLink (Online service) (Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
The Neglected Tropical Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: Burden of Disease and Approaches for Elimination and Control -- Schistosomiasis in the Americas -- Chagas Disease -- Hookworm infection in Latin America and the Caribbean region -- Plasmodium vivax malaria in Latin America -- Leishmaniasis in the Americas -- Fascioliasis -- A roadmap followed: The path towards the elimination of onchocerciasis in Latin America -- Leprosy in the Americas: Burden of Disease and approaches for control/elimination -- Carrion's Disease -- Dengue in Latin America: a persistent and growing public health challenge -- Cysticercosis disease burden in Latin America -- Histopathology of neglected tropical diseases.
Keywords: Parasitology; Infectious diseases; Tropical medicine; Medical microbiology; Epidemiology; Parasitology; Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine; Medical Microbiology; Epidemiology