Neglected and Emerging Tropical Diseases in South and Southeast Asia and Northern Australia
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Neglected Tropical Diseases |
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Buruli ulcer |
Chagas disease |
Dengue and Chikungunya |
Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) |
Echinococcosis |
Foodborne trematodiases |
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) |
Leishmaniasis |
Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) |
Lymphatic filariasis |
Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses |
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) |
Rabies |
Scabies and other ectoparasites |
Schistosomiasis |
Soil-transmitted helminthiases |
Snakebite envenoming |
Trachoma |
Yaws (Endemic treponematoses) |
Taeniasis/Cysticercosis |
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Leggat, P.A.; Graves, P.; Laha, T.; Aye, K.S. Neglected and Emerging Tropical Diseases in South and Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3030070
Leggat PA, Graves P, Laha T, Aye KS. Neglected and Emerging Tropical Diseases in South and Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2018; 3(3):70. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3030070
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeggat, Peter A., Patricia Graves, Thewarach Laha, and Khin Saw Aye. 2018. "Neglected and Emerging Tropical Diseases in South and Southeast Asia and Northern Australia" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 3, no. 3: 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3030070
APA StyleLeggat, P. A., Graves, P., Laha, T., & Aye, K. S. (2018). Neglected and Emerging Tropical Diseases in South and Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 3(3), 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3030070