tropical diseases

trop·i·cal dis·eas·es

(trop'ik-ăl di-zēz'ĕz)
Infectious and parasitic diseases endemic to tropical and subtropical zones, including Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, leprosy, malaria, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, sleeping sickness, yellow fever, and others; borne in water and by insects.
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tropical diseases

See AMOEBIASIS, CHOLERA, DIPHTHERIA, HOOKWORM, LEISHMANIASIS, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, ONCHOCERCIASIS, PLAGUE, RABIES, SCHISTOSOMIASIS, SHIGELLOSIS, STRONGYLOIDIASIS, TAPEWORM, TROPICAL SPRUE, TROPICAL ULCER, TRYPANOSOMIASIS, TUBERCULOSIS, TYPHOID, TYPHUS and YELLOW FEVER.
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