In Bangladesh, for example, where dengue has long thrived ... On a warming planet, the spread of tropical diseases like ...
Malaria, dysentery, yellow fever head the list of tropical diseases to be fought in World War II by the U.S. Medical Corps. Of the three, malaria, against which there is no true prophylactic ...
The death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the end of 2024 brought an outpouring of gratitude for his work on neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs, particularly his efforts to eliminate ...
Another risk for an increase in antimicrobial resistance is that the antibiotics used to treat neglected tropical diseases are also used to treat other infections. For example, azithromycin (for ...
and vaccines in the treatment of neglected tropical diseases and emerging infections including COVID-19. The Division of Pediatric Tropical Medicine is dedicated largely to the research of neglected ...
Infectious disease specialist, Natalia Laufer, is very conscious that tropical diseases transmitted by mosquitos, such as dengue, zika and chikungunya, are spreading globally. In early 2024 ...