Tropical diseases, especially those of infectious etiology, are particularly prevalent in areas defined geographically as tropical and subtropical (loosely defined as the area between 30° north and 30° south of the equator). Tropical infections include bacterial infections, such as tuberculosis and typhoid, and viral infections, such as measles, dengue, and a host of parasitic diseases (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/pdf/factsheet.pdf.)
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Georgiev, V.S. (2009). Tropical Medicine and Parasitic Diseases. In: Georgiev, V.S. (eds) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH. Infectious Disease. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-297-1_6
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