Tropical medicine
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Tropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems that either occur uniquely in tropical and subtropical regions or are either more widespread in the tropics or more difficult to prevent or control.
Many infections that are classified as "tropical diseases" used to be endemic in countries located in temperate or even cold areas. That was the case for leprosy, cholera, malaria, polio, measles, hookworm infestations, amoebiasis, among others. The disappearance of those diseases from developed countries was primarily caused by improvements in housing, diet, sanitation, and personal hygiene. Since climate is not the main reason why those infections remain endemic in tropical areas, there is a trend towards renaming this speciality as "Geographic Medicine".
See also
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine
- Research Institute for Tropical Medicine - Philippines
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- School of Tropical Medicine - India
- Travel medicine
- Tropical disease
External links
- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
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