Since the 2008 first edition, says Hotez (tropical medicine, pediatrics, molecular virology, and microbiology; Baylor U., Texas), newly stabilized governments in the tropics have begun public health programs, leaders of international drug companies have fled public condemnation by donating drugs in emergency situations, and the US government has established a formal office of global health diplomacy. His topics include soil-transmitted Helminth infections, schistosomiasis, the mycobacterial infections, the urban neglected tropical diseases, neglected tropical diseases of North America, and future trends in controlling neglected tropical diseases and the anti-poverty vaccines. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)