Challenges in Infectious Diseases

Preface. - HIV Epidemic. - Multidrug-resistant Bacteria: The Emerging Crisis. - Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Global Challenge. - Urbanization and Infectious Diseases: General Principles, Historical Perspectives, and Contemporary Challenges. - Challenges in enteric epidemics from Cholera to malnutrition and cognitive development: barometers of inadequate water sanitation. - Challenges in control and eradication of malaria. - Lymphatic filariasis: progress and challenges in the move toward elimination. - Leishmaniasis: Challenges in the control and eradication. - Challenges in controlling and eliminating Schistosomiasis. - Dengue Infections. - Index.