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Progress in Human African Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping Sickness
Dumas, Michael; Bouteille, Bernard; Buguet, Alain
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Description for Progress in Human African Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping Sickness
Paperback. Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness, now considered re-emergent, is endemic in 36 sub-Saharan African countries. This work reviews the latest concepts and findings regarding this widely spreading, fatal disease, covering aspects including pathogenesis and therapeutics. Num Pages: 346 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; MJCJ; MJN; MMFP; MMRT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
Human African Trypaniosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is an old disease to be now considered as reemergent. HAT is endemic in 36 sub-Saharan African countries, in areas where tsetse flies are found. The public health importance of HAT is underestimated, but the disease causes severe social disruption in many rural areas. Along the past fifteen years, numerous studies were made, and now, the mechanisms involved in the disease pathogenesis and in the characteristics of sleep-wake disruption become to be better understood. But, since 50 years, when current drugs were introduced, problems regarding HAT chemotherapy have not been solved. Nevertheless, in-depth ... Read more
Human African Trypaniosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is an old disease to be now considered as reemergent. HAT is endemic in 36 sub-Saharan African countries, in areas where tsetse flies are found. The public health importance of HAT is underestimated, but the disease causes severe social disruption in many rural areas. Along the past fifteen years, numerous studies were made, and now, the mechanisms involved in the disease pathogenesis and in the characteristics of sleep-wake disruption become to be better understood. But, since 50 years, when current drugs were introduced, problems regarding HAT chemotherapy have not been solved. Nevertheless, in-depth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer Editions France
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Paris, France
ISBN
9782287596551
SKU
V9782287596551
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