Tropical areas

Tropical areas: Risk of disease from tropical climate geographic areas.
Condition count: 25; see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes: Africa (21), Asia (17), South America (13)
Risk factor classes: Africa (21), Asia (17), South America (13), Geography (45)

Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

Tropical areas: Diseases list

The following list of medical conditions have 'Tropical areas' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

A

• African Sleeping sickness ... Africa

C

• Chancroid ... tropical areas
• Cholera ... Latin America, Asia, Africa

D

• Dengue fever ... tropical areas
• Dracunculiasis ... Africa

E

• East African Trypanosomiasis ... East Africa
• Erythrasma ... tropical areas

H

• Heat exhaustion ... tropical climate
• Heat rash ... humidity, tropical areas, hot weather
• Hepatoma ... Far East, Africa

K

• Kaposi's Sarcoma ... Africa

L

• Lassa fever ... West Africa
• Leprosy ... South America, Asia, Nepal, Africa, India, Myanmar

M

• Malaria ... Africa

P

• Pinta ... South America
• Polio ... South America, Asia, Africa

R

• Rodent ulcer ... hot climate

S

• SARS ... certain parts of Asia
• Schistosomiasis ... South America, Asia, Africa
• Sprue ... India

T

• Typhoid fever ... India

V

• Vaginitis ... humidity, hot weather

W

• West African Trypanosomiasis ... Western Africa, Central Africa
• West Nile fever ... Africa, Asia and Middle East

Y

• Yellow fever ... South America, Africa, tropical areas

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