Tropical Diseases
Specific Tropical Diseases
The following tropical diseases, among others, may require attention in view of their incidence in areas of foreign service:
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Bacterial infections, including
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bacillary dysentery
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cholera
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Hansen's disease (leprosy)
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Oroyo fever
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pinta
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plague
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relapse fever, and
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yaws
2. Viral Infections, incuding yellow fever
3. Roundworm parasitic infections, including
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dracontiasis
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filariasis (Bancroft's type)
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hookworm infection
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loiasis, and
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onchocerciasis
4. Other parasitic infections, including
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ameviasis
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blackwater fever
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leishmaniasis
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malaria, and
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schistosomiasis
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic fever is an acute, subacute, or chronic systemic disease that, for unknown reasons, is self-limiting or may lead to slowly progressive valve deformity of the heart.
Complications of rheumatic fever include
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cardiac arrhythmias
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pericarditis
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rheumatic pneumonitis
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pulmonary embolism
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pulmonary infarction
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valve deformity, and
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in extreme cases, congestive heart failure.