MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008010700
003 DLC
005 20090831120613.0
008 080306s2008 dcuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008010700
016 7 $a101467991$2DNLM
020 $a9781555814403
020 $a1555814409
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035 $a(OCoLC)213375840
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050 00 $aRC961$b.H68 2008
060 10 $aWC 695$bH832f 2008
082 00 $a362.196/9883$222
100 1 $aHotez, Peter J.
245 10 $aForgotten people, forgotten diseases :$bthe neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development /$cPeter J. Hotez.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bASM Press,$cc2008.
300 $axix, 215 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-205) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction to the neglected tropical diseases -- "The unholy trinity": the soil-transmitted Helminth infections ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm infection -- Schistosomiasis (snail fever) -- The filarial infections: lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and dracunculiasis (Guinea worm) -- The blinding neglected tropical diseases: onchocerciasis (river blindness) and trachoma -- The mycobacterial infections: buruli ulcer and leprosy -- The kinetoplastid infections: human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), Chagas' disease, and the leishmaniases -- The urban neglected tropical diseases: leptospirosis, dengue, and rabies -- The neglected tropical diseases of North America -- The global network for neglected tropical disease control -- Future trends in control of neglected tropical diseases and the antipoverty vaccines -- Repairing the world.
650 0 $aTropical medicine.
650 12 $aParasitic Diseases$xprevention & control.
650 22 $aAntiparasitic Agents$xtherapeutic use.
650 22 $aDeveloping Countries$xeconomics.
650 22 $aInternational Cooperation.
650 22 $aTropical Medicine.
650 22 $aWorld Health.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008010700.html