tropical diseases
Hot-climate health threats
Tropical diseases are illnesses that occur primarily or exclusively in tropical and subtropical regions, where warm climates and wet seasons allow disease-carrying organisms to thrive year-round.
The category includes malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and parasitic infections like schistosomiasis.
Many tropical diseases are spread by mosquitoes and other vectors that flourish in humid environments.
The term sometimes carries an implicit contrast with diseases of temperate climates, though global travel and climate change have blurred these boundaries.
- yellow feverMosquito-spread tropical virus
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- parasitologyStudy of organisms exploiting others
- typhoidSalmonella-caused systemic infection
- diseasesBodily disorders or malfunctions
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- African healthmalaria, HIV, cholera, tuberculosis, TB
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tropical diseaseshypothermia
Dangerously low body temperature
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