Overview
- Focuses on region specific topics of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Northern America
- Discusses pathology, diagnostics and control approaches of selected NTDs
- Highlights one specific disease per chapter, e.g., Toxocariasis, Chagas, or Zika
Part of the book series: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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About this book
This volume of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) series covers the most prevalent NTDs in North America. This book discusses in detail pathology, diagnostics and control approaches of selected NTDs in the sub-tropical regions of the United States of America. There are disproportionate numbers of children and adults living in poverty within the United States that are at risk of infections caused by helminths, protozoa, viruses and bacteria which commonly lead to chronic, debilitating and stigmatizing diseases. Each chapter focuses on one specific disease or series of related diseases, and provides in-depth insights into the topic.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Jill E. Weatherhead MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of adult and pediatric infectious diseases and tropical medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, USA. Dr. Weatherhead is the Director of Medical Education for the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and the Clinic Director for the Adult Tropical Medicine Clinic in Harris Health System and the Pediatric Tropical Medicine Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Dr. Weatherhead is a physician-scientist studying the host immune response to parasitic infections.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neglected Tropical Diseases - North America
Editors: Jill E. Weatherhead
Series Title: Neglected Tropical Diseases
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63384-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63383-7Published: 28 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63386-8Published: 28 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63384-4Published: 27 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2194-8275
Series E-ISSN: 2194-8283
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 260
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology, Tropical Medicine