Titlebook: Neglected Tropical Diseases - Oceania; Alex Loukas Book 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Cholera.Dengue.hookworm in

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Jodie L. Morris,Brenda L. Govan,Robert E. Norton,Bart J. Currie,Natkunam Ketheesan

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Cholera in Oceania,9 serogroups, are endemic to Southern Asia, but appear to spread globally in waves resulting in seven recognised pandemics to date. The current seventh pandemic has seen the introduction of . O1 El Tor into the Oceania region. Since 1962 there have been five large outbreaks at a frequency of approxi

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Lymphatic Filariasis in Oceania,cluded in this review, 24 have been found to be endemic for this disease at some time in the past, and 18 of these were classified as endemic at the start of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in 2000. After the implementation of large mass drug administration campaigns and (to a

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, in Oceania,Price et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:79–87, 2007) and 2.5 billion people at risk (Gething et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6:e1814, 2012). Despite this, the majority of malaria research has focused on ., responsible for the high burden of malaria-related morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (Hay et a

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Human Leptospirosis in Oceania,tions in humans range from asymptomatic infections to mild non-specific acute febrile illnesses and severe complications such as renal failure, pulmonary haemorrhage, multi-organ failure and death. The impact of leptospirosis is not only related to the disease burden in humans but also economic impa

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Dengue: Emergence, Determinants and Climate Change,roximately 120 million travellers, are at risk of dengue. More than 500,000 people with severe dengue require hospitalisation each year. A large proportion of these are children, and about 2.5 % of those affected die. The incidence of dengue has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years, and the geog