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TROPICAL INFECTIONS classified by method of exposure |
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fresh water: |
leptospirosis schistosomiasis dracontiasis onchocerciasis ('river blindness') |
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milk and dairy
products: |
brucellosis tuberculosis salmonellosis |
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tick & mites: |
typhus (scrub typhus,
rickettsial pox, Q fever, spotted fevers) Crimean haemorrhagic fever tularaemia Lyme disease babesiosis Russian spring-summer
encephalitis relapsing fever |
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animal contact: |
viral haemorrhagic fevers rabies leptospirosis Q fever brucellosis tularaemia babesiosis plague |
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blood & blood
products: |
hepatitis B and C HIV malaria toxoplasmosis CMV Chagas’ disease |
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