Infectious tropical diseases and one health in Latin America

Infectious tropical diseases and one health in Latin America / Heinz Mehlhorn, Jorg Heukelbach, editors.

This book covers current aspects of important infectious diseases affecting human and animal health in Latin American countries. Readers are equipped with details on arthropod vectors as well as on neglected health problems. Diseases covered include Neglected Tropical Diseases such as Chagas Disease...

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Other Authors: Mehlhorn, Heinz (Editor), Heukelbach, Jorg (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2022]
Series:Parasitology research monographs ; v. 16.
Subjects:
Tropical medicine > Latin America.
Communicable diseases > Latin America.
Communicable diseases
Tropical medicine
Medicina tropical.
Malalties infeccioses.
Latin America
Amèrica Llatina.
Llibres electrònics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Yellow fever
  • Chapter 2: Chikungunya
  • Chapter 3: Zika virosis: a known, but long time underestimated disease that got new and high attention before, during and after the Olympic Games in Brazil 2016
  • Chapter 4: Plague
  • Chapter 5:Trypanosoma cruzi: an ancient and successful enzootic parasite
  • Chapter 6: The social and environmental determinants of the leishmaniases in the Americas
  • Chapter 7: Toxoplasmosis in South America
  • Chapter 8: Tunga spp. and Tungiasis in Latin America
  • Chapter 9: Human myiasis on the South American continent
  • Chapter 10: Schistosomiasis control: present situation and perspectives
  • Chapter 11: Hookworms in South America- a constant threat especially to children
  • Chapter 12: One Health Approach to Control Human and Zoonotic Hookworm Infections.

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