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Important Protozoan Diseases in the Lower Mekong River Basin

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Parasite and Disease Spread by Major Rivers on Earth

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Abstract

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) encompasses the resources of the Mekong River in six areas: the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Yunnan Province of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Union of Myanmar, Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The lower Mekong River Basin is now one of the world’s fastest growing economies. A number of factors in the lower GMS affect the epidemiology and outcomes of human parasite control initiatives, including the environment, the economy, and politics. In this chapter, we review the important protozoa diseases that affect the public health of people in the lower GMS, including malaria, leishmaniasis amoebiasis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, and toxoplasmosis.

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Abbreviations

AIDS:

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

CL:

Cutaneous leishmaniasis

GMS:

Greater Mekong Subregion

HIV:

Concomitant human immunodeficiency virus

Lao PDR:

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

MCL:

Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

PRC:

People’s Republic of China

VL:

Visceral leishmaniasis

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The authors were supported by a Distinguished Research Professor Grant, Thailand Research Fund.

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  2. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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Thanchomnang, T., Sanpool, O., Intapan, P.M., Maleewong, W. (2019). Important Protozoan Diseases in the Lower Mekong River Basin. In: Mehlhorn, H., Klimpel, S. (eds) Parasite and Disease Spread by Major Rivers on Earth. Parasitology Research Monographs, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29061-0_8

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