Neglected Tropical Diseases - Middle East and North Africa

1. Front Matter

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2. Soil-Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections in the MENA Region

   • Mohammad Bagher Rokni, Wael M. Lotfy, Peter J. Hotez, Nilanthi R. de Silva

   Pages 1-21

3. Human Schistosomiasis in the Middle East and North Africa Region

   • Rashida Barakat, Hala El Morshedy, Azza Farghaly

   Pages 23-57

4. Fasciolosis in the MENA Region

   • Mohammad Bagher Rokni, Wael M. Lotfy, Kayhan Ashrafi, K. Darwin Murrell

   Pages 59-90

5. Trachoma

   • Siamak Zarei-Ghanavati, Alireza Eslampoor, Mojtaba Abrishami, Sophie X. Deng

   Pages 91-116

6. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Middle East and North Africa

   • Sima Rafati, Farrokh Modabber

   Pages 117-139

7. Visceral Leishmaniasis: Immune Mechanisms and New Insights in Vaccine Development and Control

   • Sarfaraz Ahmad Ejazi, Nahid Ali

   Pages 141-171

8. Leprosy

   • Alireza Firooz, Yahya Dowlati, Azin Ayatollahi

   Pages 173-192

9. Dengue Fever in Asia and Africa

   • Sadegh Chinikar, Nariman Shah-Hosseini

   Pages 193-215

10. Brucellosis

    • Anna Dean, Esther Schelling, Jakob Zinsstag

    Pages 217-233

11. Toxoplasmosis in the Middle East and North Africa

    • Aïda Bouratbine, Karim Aoun

    Pages 235-249

12. Rabies

    • A. Fayaz

    Pages 251-276

13. Back Matter

    Pages 277-282

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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is highly endemic for several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth infections. This new volume covers the most prevalent NTDs found in about 22 MENA countries emphasizing the disease burden, clinical manifestations and control approaches. Each individual chapter deals with one specific disease and is written by a group of experts on that topic.

• global health
• helminth infection
• schistosomiasis
• soil-transmitted infections
• infectious diseases

“The volume reads as a collection of lectures comprising a fascinating survey of the public health and tropical medicine issues of the MENA region … . The final product succeeds in providing an interdisciplinary framework to those engaging directly in relevant fields both in endemic and nonendemic regions, with thoroughly referenced text that offers a springboard for deeper study. The content could help shape public policy in the years to come.” (David A. Miller, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 61, September, 2015)

“The authors wish to get commitment from research institutions, funding agencies, and government agencies and direct the book at researchers in infectious diseases and microbiology as well as people associated with nonprofit organizations and government officials. … This well-written book succeeds in highlighting the disease burden of a number of infections that have not received the attention they deserve from governments, nonprofit organizations, and even researchers. This is a needed book in a neglected field.” (Amir S. Gholami, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2014)

• Department of Biological Sciences Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA

  Mary Ann McDowell

• Molecular Immunology and Vaccine Researc, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

  Sima Rafati

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