International Medical Concerns

Aka: International Medical Concerns

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II. Precaution

  1. Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) account for up to 40% of trips from industrialized nations to tropical destinations

III. Causes: Latin America

  1. Malaria
  2. Zika Virus
  3. Intestinal Parasites
    1. Helminths
    2. Amebiasis
    3. Giardia
  4. Chagas Disease (South American Trypanosomiasis)
  5. Leishmaniasis
  6. Cysticercosis
  7. Schistosomiasis
  8. Onchocerciasis
  9. Lymphatic Filariasis
  10. Echinococcus

IV. Causes: Africa

  1. Malaria
  2. Sickle Cell
  3. Intestinal Parasites
    1. Helminths
    2. Amebiasis
    3. Giardia lamblia
  4. Diarrheal illnesses
  5. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  6. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
  7. Borreliosis
  8. Leprosy
  9. Leishmaniasis
  10. Cysticercosis
  11. Schistosomiasis
  12. Onchocerciasis
  13. Filariasis
  14. Echinococcus

V. Causes: Middle East

  1. Thalassemia
  2. G6PD Deficiency
  3. Schistosomiasis
  4. Parasites
    1. Hookworm
    2. Amoebae
    3. Hydatid cyst

VI. Causes: Asia

  1. Leprosy
  2. Intestinal Parasites
    1. Roundworm
    2. Hookworm
    3. Filaria
    4. Flukes
    5. Amoebae
    6. Giardia lamblia
  3. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  4. Malaria (in southeast Asia)

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