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PREVENTIVE MEDICINE IN THE TROPICS. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1922
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Climate Change and Highland Malaria: Fresh Air for a Hot Debate [PDF]

, 2010
In recent decades, malaria has become established in zones at the margin of its previous distribution, especially in the highlands of East Africa.
Chaves, L.F., Koenraadt, C.J.M.
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Commodity culture : tropical health and hygiene in the British Empire [PDF]

, 2008
Before heading to a 'tropical' region of the Empire, British men and women spent considerable time and effort gathering outfit believed essential for their impending trip.
Johnson, Ryan
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Indian medical thought on the eve of colonialism [PDF]

, 2003
British colonial power decisively established itself on the Indian subcontinent between 1770and 1830. This period and the century following it have become the subjects of muchcreative and insightful research on medical history: the use of medical ...
Wujastyk, D
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Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine in Dawei, southern Myanmar. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of chloroquine in the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria in in Dawei District, southern Myanmar. METHODS: Enrolled patients at Sonsinphya clinic >6 months of age were assessed clinically and parasitologically every ...
Annerberg, A, de Radiguès, X, Guthmann, J P, Imwong, M, Lesage, A, Lindegardh, N, Min Lwin, M, Nosten, F, Pittet, A, Zaw, T   +9 more
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The development of a multi-criteria decision analysis aid to help with contraceptive choices: My Contraception Tool.

, 2013
My Contraception Tool (MCT) applies the principles of multi-criteria decision analysis to the choice of contraceptive method. Its purpose is to make the decision-making process transparent to the user and to suggest a method to them based on their own ...
Cowan, Frances M, Dowie, Jack, French, Rebecca S, Wellings, Kaye   +3 more
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Epidemiology, impact and control of rabies in Nepal : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral zoonosis belonging to the group of neglected tropical diseases. Exposure to a rabid animal may result in a fatal acute encephalitis if effective post-exposure prophylaxis is not provided.
Ale, Anita, Aryal, Arjun, Declercq, Anne, Depraz, Stephanie, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Dorny, Pierre, Duchateau, Luc, Gaire, Tara Nath, Gongal, Gyanendra, Karki, Surendra, Pandey, Basu Dev, Pun, Sher Bahadur, Sharma, Barun Kumar, Speybroeck, Niko   +13 more
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The discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease (1908-1909): tropical medicine in Brazil A descoberta do Trypanosoma cruzi e da doença de Chagas (1908-1909): medicina tropical no Brasil

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2009
This article analyzes the discovery of Chagas disease and the parasite that causes it (Trypanosoma cruzi) by Carlos Chagas in 1908/1909, with a special focus on the scientific and social context in which this occurred.
Simone Petraglia Kropf, Magali Romero Sá   +1 more
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Fourteenth(14th) seminar on tropical medicine [PDF]

, 1983
노트 : Seminar on Tropical Medicine, 14th (9-11 Jun 1983 : Seoul ...
American Public Health Association(International Health Programs), Bruce, John I.   +1 more
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Unusually Extensive Furuncular Myiasis in a Returning Traveller from Rural Ethiopia Complicated by Streptococcus Pyogenes Secondary Infection Following Albendazole Therapy

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Background and Clinical Significance: Furuncular myiasis is a tropical parasitic skin infestation caused by dipterous fly larvae, most commonly affecting travellers to endemic regions. While returning travellers typically present with one or few lesions,
Diva Jhaveri, Alastair McGregor, Matthew J. W. Kain   +2 more
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