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The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.

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  • Protista
    • Malaria
      • Malaria – Clinical aspects
      • Malaria – Diagnosis
      • Malaria – Treatment
      • Malaria – Prevention
    • Trypanosomiasis
      • Human African trypanosomiasis
      • American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)
    • Leishmaniasis
      • Visceral leishmaniasis – Kala Azar
      • Cutaneous leishmaniasis
      • Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
    • Amoebiasis
      • Intestinal amoebiasis
      • Hepatic amoebiasis
    • Giardiasis
    • Infection with Various Protista
      • Free-living amoebae
  • Viruses
    • Arboviral infections
      • Dengue
      • Chikungunya
      • Zika virus
      • Yellow fever
      • Japanese encephalitis
      • West Nile virus
      • Rift Valley Fever
      • Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic fever
      • Nipah virus
      • Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
      • Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis 
      • Tick-borne encephalitis
    • Arenaviruses
      • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
      • Lassa fever
      • New World arenaviruses
    • Hantaviruses
    • Filoviruses
      • Marburg virus 
      • Ebola virus
    • Poliomyelitis
    • Rabies
    • HTLV-1 Infection
  • Bacteria
    • Regionally relevant pathogens
      • Anthrax
      • Cutaneous anthrax
      • Tularemia
      • Plague
      • Brucellosis
      • Melioidosis
    • Rickettsiosis and related infections
      • Rickettsiosis
      • Q-Fever
      • Ehrlichia and Anaplasma
    • Bartonellosis
      • Bartonelle baciliformis or Carrion’s disease
      • Bartonella quintana or Trench fever
      • Bartonella henselea or Cat-scratch disease
    • Spirochaetal diseases
      • Non-venereal treponematoses
      • Leptospirosis
      • Borreliosis
      • Rat Bite Fever
      • Trachoma
    • Typhoid fever and other salmonellosis
    • Cholera
    • Diarrhea in the tropics
    • Tropical sprue
    • Diphtheria
    • Tetanus
    • Leprosy
    • Miscellaneous skin deseases
      • Buruli ulcer
      • Mycobacterium marinum
      • Tropical ulcer
      • Noma
      • Keloids
  • Helminthiasis
    • Nematodes
      • Intestinal Nematodes
        • Ascaris lumbricoides
        • Trichuris trichiura
        • Hookworms
        • Strongyloides stercoralis
        • Enterobius vermicularis
        • Capillaria philippinensis
        • Oesophagostomiasis
        • Anisakiasis
      • Tissue nematodes
        • Trichinella sp
        • Angiostrongylus cantonensis
        • Gnathostoma sp.
        • Toxocara sp.
        • Filariasis
        • Onchocerciasis
        • Loiasis
        • Mansonella perstans
        • Mansonella streptocerca
        • Dirofilariasis
        • Dracunculiasis
    • Cestodes (Tapeworms)
      • Taeniasis
      • Cysticercosis
      • Cystic echinococcosis
      • Echinococcus multilocularis
      • Hymenolepis nana
    • Trematodes (Flukes)
      • Intestinal flukes
      • Lung flukes
      • Liver flukes
      • Blood flukes
  • Various Medical Mycoses
    • Subcutaneous mycoses
      • Chromomycosis
      • Mycetoma
      • Sporotrichosis
      • Rhino-entomophthoromycosis 
      • Lobomycosis
    • Deep mycoses
      • Classic or American histoplasmosis
      • African histoplasmosis due to H. capsulatum var. duboisii
      • Talaromyces marneffei (Previously known as Penicillium marneffei)
      • Coccidioidomycosis
      • Paracoccidioidomycosis
      • Blastomycosis
  • Various subjects
    • Ectoparasites
      • Fleas
      • Lice
      • Mites
      • Ticks
      • Myiasis
      • Bed bugs
      • Beetles
      • Leeches
    • Hematology
      • Sickle cell anaemia
      • Other haemoglobinopathies
    • Micronutrient deficiencies
      • Vitamin A deficiency
      • Rickets
      • Beriberi
      • Pellagra
      • Scurvy
      • Iodine deficiency disorders
      • Konzo
    • Snakes
    • Scorpions
    • Spiders
    • Pre-travel consultation
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