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The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2017. Among the busiest on record, the season produced eighteen tropical depressions, all of which but one of which further intensified into tropical storms.
- 180 mph (285 km/h), (1-minute sustained)
- November 9, 2017
- April 19, 2017
- Irma
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Tropical cyclones formed in April 2017 Storm name Dates active Max wind km/h (mph) Min pressure Areas affected Damage (USD) Deaths Refs; 19F: April 1–20 Unspecified 988 Samoa, Niue: None None Ernie: April 5–10 220 (140) 922 None None None 27U: April 6–16 55 (35) 998 Northern Territory, Western Australia: None None Cook: April 6–10 155 ...
- 20 days
- $321.44 billion (2017 USD)
- January 2, 2017
- Leila Makhani, Leila Makhani, Aisha Khatib, Aisha Khatib, Antoine Corbeil, Ruwandi Kariyawasam, Hira...
- 2019
- approval of ivermectin for strongyloidiasis by Health Canada. Scope of impact: regional, North America. In 2015, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to Drs.
- yellow fever exported by international travelers. Scope of impact: global. Yellow Fever (YF) is an arbovirus from the genus Flavivirus, with non-human and human primate reservoirs, transmitted by infected Aedes and Haemogogus mosquitoes [26].
- fexinidazole for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) Scope of impact: predominantly regional, west and sub-Saharan Africa. Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is a fatal neglected tropical disease that affects approximately 70 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa.
- tafenoquine for Plasmodium vivax malaria. Scope of impact: global. Malaria is a life-threatening disease, transmitted through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito.
Tropical medicine, medical science applied to diseases that occur primarily in countries with tropical or subtropical climates. Tropical medicine is a critical part of global health, particularly because it encompasses preventable diseases that affect impoverished communities and regions.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 15, 2019 · The year 2018 heralded many new developments in the field of tropical medicine, including licensure of novel drugs for novel indications, licensure of existing drugs for existing indications but in novel settings, and globalized outbreaks of both vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. We herein describ …
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