TROPICAL INFECTIONS

classified by method of exposure

 

fresh water:

leptospirosis

schistosomiasis

dracontiasis

onchocerciasis ('river blindness')

milk and dairy products:

brucellosis

tuberculosis

salmonellosis

tick & mites:

typhus (scrub typhus, rickettsial pox, Q fever, spotted fevers)

Colorado tick fever

Crimean haemorrhagic fever

tularaemia

Lyme disease

babesiosis

Russian spring-summer encephalitis

Kyasanur Forest disease

relapsing fever

animal contact:

viral haemorrhagic fevers

rabies

leptospirosis

Q fever

brucellosis

tularaemia

babesiosis

plague

blood & blood products:

hepatitis B and C

HIV

malaria

toxoplasmosis

CMV

Chagas’ disease

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