Important Helminth Infections in Southeast Asia: Diversity and Potential for Control and Elimination, Part A

This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews pertaining to the epidemiology, public health significance and shifts therein, control (current activities, successes, setbacks), persisting challenges (e.g. sanitation, universal coverage of health services, health-related behavior) of the key parasitic diseases in Southeast Asia. The book also discusses the new tools and approaches for enhanced discovery and control of helminthic diseases.

R Bergquist, J Utzinger, R Olveda, XN Zhou. Breaking the hegemony of this "wormy world" in Southeast Asia

P Hotez & J Ehrenberg. Escalating the Global Fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases Through Interventions in Southeast Asia and China

Schrantz et al. Neglected diseases and ethinic minorities in the Western Pacific Region-Exploring the links

R Bergquist & M Tanner, Control of schistosomiasis japonica: a tale of two countries

Zhou et al. Schistosomiasis japonica: research and control

M Sudomo et al. Impact and control of lymphatic filariasis in Southeast Asia

M Vang-Johansen et al. Towards improved diagnosis of zoonotic trematodes in Asia

J Keiser et al. Major Helminth Infections: The Drugs We Have and the Drugs We Need helminthiasis and ood-borne trematodiasis)

R Bergquist et al. Control of the major helminthic zoonoses in Asia: vaccine development as part of the solution

J Malone et al. Implementing a Geospatial Health Data Infrastructure in Southeast Asia

GJ Yang et al. Climate Changes and RNAS+ Target Diseases

C King et al. Health Metrics for Helminthic Infections

Lisa et al. Social science applied in helthminthic infection in Aoutheast Asia

S Wayling et al. Infrastructures in capability strengthening, training and teaching for the Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Zoonotic Helminthiasis: A Role Model for Collaboration.