Neglected Tropical Diseases - North America, 1st ed. 2021 Neglected Tropical Diseases Series

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. 

1.Soil Transmitted Helminths (Hookworm, Trichuris, Ascaris) 

(Eva Clark, MD, PhD Baylor College of Medicine)

2.Toxocariasis 

(Patricia Walker, MD University of Minnesota)

3.Strongyloidiasis 

(Thomas Nutman, MD, National Institutes of Health)

4.Cysticercosis/Taeniasis 

(Elise O’Connell, MD/Theodore Nash, MD, National Institutes of Health)

5.Toxoplasmosis 

(Carlos Subauste, MD at Case Western Reserve)

6.Chagas 

(Caryn Bern, MD, MPH, University of California San Francisco)

7.Leishmaniasis 

(Laila Woc-Colburn, MD, Baylor College of Medicine)

8.Cryptosporidium/Giardia 

(Rojelio Mejia, MD, Baylor College of Medicine)

9.Trichomoniasis 

(Patricia Kissinger, PhD, MPH, Tulane University) 

10.Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya 

(Angelle Desiree LeBeau, MD, MSc Stanford University)

11.West Nile Virus 

(Kristy Murray, DVM, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine)

12.Leprosy 

(Jessica Farley, MD, Emory University)

13.Typhus 

(tbd)

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.

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