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Tropical medicine began to emerge in the 19th century, when physicians charged with the medical care of colonists and soldiers first encountered infectious diseases unknown in the temperate European climate. Several major advances in the control of tropical diseases occurred in the last quarter of the 19th century.
What is Tropical Medicine. Tropical medicine is the study of the world’s major tropical diseases and related conditions, which include a group of 17 neglected tropical diseases (sometimes referred to as ‘NTDs’) such as hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, river blindness, elephantiasis, trachoma, Chagas disease, Buruli ulcer, and ...
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Tuberculosis represents the leading cause of death associated with infectious diseases globally, and its incidence is on the rise in tropical areas due to the interaction between tuberculosis and HIV epidemics. In many regions of the world this disease predominantly affects young adults, and increasing resistance of the pathogen to antimicrobial dr...
Tropical diseases can be put under control by distributing medications, improving living conditions and building waste sanitation facilities. Furthermore, planned programs that enable nutritional support to those who live in high-risk areas can help to strengthen the resistance of a human organism to these diseases. Additionally, community-wide vac...
Tropical medicine requires an interdisciplinary approach, as the infections and diseases tropical medicine faces are both broad and unique. Tropical medicine requires research and assistance from the fields of epidemiology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, and logistics. Physicians of tropical medicine must have effective communication ...
Nov 20, 2020 · Tropical medicine is an interdisciplinary field. The fight to mitigate and eradicate tropical diseases requires professionals across a broad spectrum of health care, including public health. Epidemiologists, community health practitioners, and public health educators work with physicians, microbiologists, and other healthcare experts to prevent ...
About the Program. The Tropical Medicine practice specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of individuals with illnesses and infections most common or unique to tropical climates or the developing world, illnesses with specific geographic distributions, illnesses contracted from animals, and illnesses transmitted through insect bites, including viral, bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal ...
