Tropical Diseases |
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DISEASES DUE TO PROTOZOA | 1 |
DISEASES DUE TO BACTERIA SPIROCHAETES AND SPIRILLA | 17 |
DISEASES DUE TO VIRUSES AND RICKETTSIAE | 49 |
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abdominal acute adult worms affected Africa antibiotic antigen appears become bite blood film body bone borreliae cause cent chronic cirrhosis Clinical Features common complement-fixation containing cutaneous daily dapsone deficiency develop Diagnosis diethylcarbamazine disease dose drug eggs endemic endemic areas enlargement eosinophilia epidemic epidemic typhus especially faeces filariae fluid folic acid frequently Geographical Distribution given haematobium haemoglobin haemolysis haemorrhagic hepatic hyperpyrexia increased incubation period infection intestine intravenous japonicum larvae leishmaniasis lepromatous leprosy lesions liver localised louse-borne lungs lymph nodes lymphatic malaria mansoni megaloblastic anaemia microfilariae mosquitoes mucosa MYIASIS nodules normal occasionally occur oedema onset organisms pain Pathology patient pneumonic present produces protein pulmonary rash reaction red cells relapsing fever resemble result sandfly severe sickle sickle-cell anaemia sickle-cell haemoglobin signs skin spleen sprue stage sweating swelling symptoms syphilis temperature tetracycline tissue treatment tropical tropical sprue trypanosomes typhus ulcer urine usually vaccination virus vitamin vomiting weeks yaws