Table of Contents:
Foreword: Neuroepidemiology in Tropical Health
Gustavo C. Román
Is tropical neurology specific?
Michel Dumas and Pierre-Marie Preux
Part I: Fundamental Concepts
1. Methodological challenges of neuroepidemiological studies in low and middle income countries
Farid Boumediene, Benoît Marin and Pierre-Marie Preux
Part II: Tropical Neuroepidemiology: Between Environment and Genetics
2. Neuro-epidemiology in tropical health: Socio-cultural factors
Philippe Nubukpo and Catherine-Marie Dubreuil
3. Climatic factors under the tropics
Jacques J. Reis, Pascal Handschumacher, Valerie S. Palmer and Peter Spencer
4. Economic aspects
Achille Tchalla
5. Tropical epidemiology: Nutritional factors
Jean-Claude Desport, Pierre Jésus and Philippe Fayemendy
6. Genetics of infections and diseases caused by human parasites affecting the central nervous system
Alain Dessein, Agnès Fleury, Hélia Dessein and Sandrine Marquet
Part III: Tropical Neuroepidemiology by Large Areas of the World
7. Asia
Mohamad Imran Idris and Chong Tin Tan
8. Neurologic disease of tropical Oceania
Jacques Joubert and Craig Barnett
9. Neuroepidemiology in Latin America
Carlos N. Ketzoian, Abayubá Perna and Heber Jochen Hackembruch
10. Epidemiology of neurological disorders in sub-saharan Africa
Redda Tekle-Haimanot, Edgard Brice Ngoungou and Dawit Kibru
Part IV: Focus on Specific Neurological Syndromes or Diseases in Tropical Areas
11. Epilepsy
Charles R. Newton and Pierre-Marie Preux
12. Dementia
Maëlenn Guerchet and Martin Prince
13. Other neurocognitive disorders in tropical health (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease)
Benoît Marin, Philippe Couratier, Annie Lannuzel and Giancarlo Logroscino
14. Vascular disorders
Thierry Adoukonou and Philippe Lacroix
15. Neuromuscular disorders in tropical areas
Stéphane Mathis, Laurent Magy and Jean-Michel Vallat
16. Headaches in tropical areas
Dismand Houinato and Athanase Millogo
17. Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Addictions
Jean-Pierre Clément and Philippe Nubukpo
18. Neurological syndromes or diseases caused by parasites in tropical areas
Francisco Javier Carod-Artal, Hector H. Garcia, Andrea Sylvia Winkler and Daniel Ajzenberg
19. Bacterial diseases of the nervous system
Jean-François Faucher and Marie-Cécile Ploy
20. Viral Diseases
François Denis and Sébastien Hantz
21. Other Diseases: Traumatic brain injuries, tumors and multiple sclerosis
Mouhamadou Diagana and Michel Dumas
Glossary
Pierre-Marie Preux and Michel Dumas
