Epidemiology and Public Health

Epidemiology and Tropical Diseases

The neglected tropical illnesses affect more than a billion people, or one-sixth of the world's population, largely in developing nations. Many vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, and trypanosomiasis, are becoming more common and spreading faster as a result of climate change and global warming.