Forgotten people, forgotten diseases : the neglected tropical diseases and their impact on global health and development / Peter J. Hotez.

Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2008], ©2008.

xix, 215 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-205) and index.

Introduction 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.