tropical disease
Let an agent explain tropical diseases, relay causes, transmission, prevention and control programmes from WHO and tropical medicine sources, describe the named diseases, route fever after tropical travel to prompt medical care, and distinguish tropical diseases from neglected tropical diseases as a WHO list, travel-related illness generally and diseases that also occur widely outside the tropics.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain tropical diseases, relay causes, transmission, prevention and control programmes from WHO and tropical medicine sources, describe the named diseases, route fever after tropical travel to prompt medical care, and distinguish tropical diseases from neglected tropical diseases as a WHO list, travel-related illness generally and diseases that also occur widely outside the tropics.
A disease that is prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions, often infectious and linked to heat, humidity, vectors, poverty and limited sanitation, including malaria, dengue and the neglected tropical diseases recognised by WHO, such as hookworm infection including Ancylostoma duodenale ancylostomiasis, foodborne trematodiases such as clonorchiasis, and filarial infections such as streptocerciasis; environmental enteropathy is a related gut condition of poor sanitation rather than a single infection. Fever during or after travel to the tropics needs prompt medical assessment because malaria can be fatal.
What it is for: Not applicable; a disease category.
It can be explain causes and transmission; relay prevention and control; describe named diseases; route post-travel fever to care.
Distinguishing features
Geographic concentration
Often vector-borne or parasitic
Linked to poverty
Preventable and treatable in many cases
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a disease category.
Physical character
WHO NTD roadmap: 2021-2030 years
London Declaration on NTDs: 2012 year
clonorchiasis cause: Clonorchis sinensis liver fluke note - raw freshwater fish
How it is recognised
Disease concentrated in tropical regions
Streptocerciasis, neglected tropical disease, environmental enteropathy, clonorchiasis, foodborne trematodiases, Ancylostoma duodenale ancylostomiasis
NTDs are a WHO-designated subset; travel medicine covers all travel illness; many diseases occur worldwide
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
includes -
is studied in -
is addressed by - NTD roadmap
In practice
Families and kinds
malaria and other vector-borne diseases
soil-transmitted helminthiases
foodborne trematodiases
filarial diseases
neglected tropical diseases
Standards and regulation
WHO NTD Roadmap 2021-2030
Travel health guidance
Mass drug administration programmes
Failure modes and hazards
Delaying care for fever after tropical travel
Stigmatising affected regions
Registry aliases mixing conditions and categories
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a tropical disease is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a tropical disease, and how does it differ from NTDs, travel illness and worldwide diseases? definition
- Is there fever during or after travel to a tropical area, in which case seek prompt medical assessment and mention the travel? boundary
Named
Named diseases.
Named
Named.
- What are streptocerciasis, clonorchiasis, foodborne trematodiases, hookworm infection and environmental enteropathy? definition
- Which entry fits the specific disease? action
Science Transmission.
Attribution.
Transmission
Transmission.
Transmission
Transmission.
- How are tropical diseases spread by vectors, soil, water and food? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Poverty
Social determinants.
Poverty
Poverty.
- How do poverty and sanitation shape tropical disease burden? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Control Prevention and control.
Regulation.
NTD programmes
NTD programmes.
NTD programmes
NTD programmes.
- What does the WHO NTD roadmap aim for, and what progress is reported? provenance
- Which entry fits mass drug administration? action
Travel
Travel health.
Travel
Travel.
- What prevention do travel clinics recommend, such as malaria prophylaxis and food safety? provenance
- Which entry fits travel medicine? action
Context History.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did tropical medicine develop, including its colonial history, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine? action
Climate
Climate change.
Climate
Climate.
- How might climate change shift the range of tropical diseases, with projections attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits climate change and infectious diseases? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should environmental enteropathy be moved to a separate entry?
- How should WHO NTD data be linked and kept current?
- Should the NTD list be a separate primary entry?