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Tropical Disease

MedGen UID:
277834
Concept ID:
C1336827
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Tropical Diseases

Definition

Infectious and parasitic diseases endemic in tropical and subtropical zones, including Chagas'' disease, leishmaniasis, leprosy, malaria, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, sleeping sickness, yellow fever, and others; often water- or insect-borne. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Lacy M, Phasuk N, Scholand SJ
Viruses 2024 Jan 22;16(1) doi: 10.3390/v16010160. PMID: 38275970Free PMC Article
de Vries HJC, Schallig HD
Am J Clin Dermatol 2022 Nov;23(6):823-840. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1007/s40257-022-00726-8. PMID: 36103050Free PMC Article
Widaty S, Miranda E, Cornain EF, Rizky LA
J Infect Dev Ctries 2022 Feb 28;16(2):244-251. doi: 10.3855/jidc.15222. PMID: 35298417

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hochberg NS, Montgomery SP
Ann Intern Med 2023 Feb;176(2):ITC17-ITC32. Epub 2023 Feb 14 doi: 10.7326/AITC202302210. PMID: 36780647Free PMC Article
Zhu X, Wang C, Duan X, Liang B, Genbo Xu E, Huang Z
Environ Int 2023 Jan;171:107662. Epub 2022 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107662. PMID: 36473237
de Vries HJC, Schallig HD
Am J Clin Dermatol 2022 Nov;23(6):823-840. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1007/s40257-022-00726-8. PMID: 36103050Free PMC Article
Araiza-Garaygordobil D, García-Martínez CE, Burgos LM, Saldarriaga C, Liblik K, Mendoza I, Martinez-Selles M, Scatularo CE, Farina JM, Baranchuk A; Neglected Tropical Diseases and other Infectious Diseases affecting the Heart (the NET‐Heart) project
Cardiovasc J Afr 2021 Sep-Oct 23;32(5):276-283. Epub 2021 Jul 20 doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2021-033. PMID: 34292294Free PMC Article
Gutiérrez JM, Calvete JJ, Habib AG, Harrison RA, Williams DJ, Warrell DA
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2017 Sep 14;3:17063. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2017.63. PMID: 28905944

Diagnosis

Hochberg NS, Montgomery SP
Ann Intern Med 2023 Feb;176(2):ITC17-ITC32. Epub 2023 Feb 14 doi: 10.7326/AITC202302210. PMID: 36780647Free PMC Article
de Vries HJC, Schallig HD
Am J Clin Dermatol 2022 Nov;23(6):823-840. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1007/s40257-022-00726-8. PMID: 36103050Free PMC Article
Thomas C, Coates SJ, Engelman D, Chosidow O, Chang AY
J Am Acad Dermatol 2020 Mar;82(3):533-548. Epub 2019 Jul 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.05.109. PMID: 31310840
Krolewiecki A, Nutman TB
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Mar;33(1):135-151. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2018.10.006. PMID: 30712758Free PMC Article
Gryseels B, Polman K, Clerinx J, Kestens L
Lancet 2006 Sep 23;368(9541):1106-18. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69440-3. PMID: 16997665

Therapy

Hochberg NS, Montgomery SP
Ann Intern Med 2023 Feb;176(2):ITC17-ITC32. Epub 2023 Feb 14 doi: 10.7326/AITC202302210. PMID: 36780647Free PMC Article
Seifert SA, Armitage JO, Sanchez EE
N Engl J Med 2022 Jan 6;386(1):68-78. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra2105228. PMID: 34986287Free PMC Article
Thomas C, Coates SJ, Engelman D, Chosidow O, Chang AY
J Am Acad Dermatol 2020 Mar;82(3):533-548. Epub 2019 Jul 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.05.109. PMID: 31310840
Krolewiecki A, Nutman TB
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Mar;33(1):135-151. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2018.10.006. PMID: 30712758Free PMC Article
Gryseels B, Polman K, Clerinx J, Kestens L
Lancet 2006 Sep 23;368(9541):1106-18. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69440-3. PMID: 16997665

Prognosis

Meumann EM, Limmathurotsakul D, Dunachie SJ, Wiersinga WJ, Currie BJ
Nat Rev Microbiol 2024 Mar;22(3):155-169. Epub 2023 Oct 4 doi: 10.1038/s41579-023-00972-5. PMID: 37794173
Jimenez A, Winokur EJ
Dimens Crit Care Nurs 2023 Jul-Aug 01;42(4):202-210. doi: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000590. PMID: 37219474
El-Sayed A, Kamel M
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020 Jun;27(18):22336-22352. Epub 2020 Apr 28 doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-08896-w. PMID: 32347486Free PMC Article
Ploemacher T, Faber WR, Menke H, Rutten V, Pieters T
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 Apr;14(4):e0008276. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008276. PMID: 32339201Free PMC Article
Singhi P, Saini AG
Indian J Pediatr 2019 Jan;86(1):76-82. Epub 2017 Sep 20 doi: 10.1007/s12098-017-2460-8. PMID: 28929415

Clinical prediction guides

Meumann EM, Limmathurotsakul D, Dunachie SJ, Wiersinga WJ, Currie BJ
Nat Rev Microbiol 2024 Mar;22(3):155-169. Epub 2023 Oct 4 doi: 10.1038/s41579-023-00972-5. PMID: 37794173
Chagas GCL, Rangel AR, Noronha LM, Veloso FCS, Kassar SB, Oliveira MJC, Meneses GC, da Silva Junior GB, Daher EF
Trop Med Int Health 2022 Aug;27(8):656-668. Epub 2022 Jul 11 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13797. PMID: 35761748
Suzuki HG, Dewez JE, Nijman RG, Yeung S
BMJ Open 2020 May 5;10(5):e035343. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035343. PMID: 32371515Free PMC Article
El-Sayed A, Kamel M
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020 Jun;27(18):22336-22352. Epub 2020 Apr 28 doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-08896-w. PMID: 32347486Free PMC Article
Nunes MCP, Beaton A, Acquatella H, Bern C, Bolger AF, Echeverría LE, Dutra WO, Gascon J, Morillo CA, Oliveira-Filho J, Ribeiro ALP, Marin-Neto JA; American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Stroke Council
Circulation 2018 Sep 18;138(12):e169-e209. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000599. PMID: 30354432

Recent systematic reviews

Sossen B, Richards AS, Heinsohn T, Frascella B, Balzarini F, Oradini-Alacreu A, Odone A, Rogozinska E, Häcker B, Cobelens F, Kranzer K, Houben RMGJ, Esmail H
Lancet Respir Med 2023 Apr;11(4):367-379. Epub 2023 Mar 23 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00097-8. PMID: 36966795
Chagas GCL, Rangel AR, Noronha LM, Veloso FCS, Kassar SB, Oliveira MJC, Meneses GC, da Silva Junior GB, Daher EF
Trop Med Int Health 2022 Aug;27(8):656-668. Epub 2022 Jul 11 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13797. PMID: 35761748
Araiza-Garaygordobil D, García-Martínez CE, Burgos LM, Saldarriaga C, Liblik K, Mendoza I, Martinez-Selles M, Scatularo CE, Farina JM, Baranchuk A; Neglected Tropical Diseases and other Infectious Diseases affecting the Heart (the NET‐Heart) project
Cardiovasc J Afr 2021 Sep-Oct 23;32(5):276-283. Epub 2021 Jul 20 doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2021-033. PMID: 34292294Free PMC Article
Ploemacher T, Faber WR, Menke H, Rutten V, Pieters T
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 Apr;14(4):e0008276. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008276. PMID: 32339201Free PMC Article
Hieu TH, Dibas M, Surya Dila KA, Sherif NA, Hashmi MU, Mahmoud M, Trang NTT, Abdullah L, Nghia TLB, Y MN, Hirayama K, Huy NT
Phytother Res 2019 Jun;33(6):1604-1615. Epub 2019 Apr 21 doi: 10.1002/ptr.6349. PMID: 31006899

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