Download or read book Tropical Diseases: An Overview of Major Diseases Occurring in the Americas written by Milena de Paiva Cavalcanti and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Diseases: An Overview of Major Diseases Occurring in the Americas offers an overview of neglected tropical diseases found in the Americas. Information in the book addresses the understanding of challenges faced in controlling these diseases and brings new insight on many important aspects of these diseases. Chapters of this volume explore many related topics, including epidemiological data, immune response and pathogenesis, and the current methods for diagnosis and treatment, thus providing a useful resource for readers (undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students as well as biologists and medical researchers).