2018 in review: five hot topics in tropical medicine

Abstract The year 2018 heralded many new developments in the field of tropical medicine, including licensure of novel drugs for novel indications, licensure of existing drugs for existing indications but in novel settings, and globalized outbreaks of both vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. We herei...

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Published in:Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
Main Authors: Leila Makhani, Aisha Khatib, Antoine Corbeil, Ruwandi Kariyawasam, Hira Raheel, Shareese Clarke, Priyanka Challa, Emma Hagopian, Sumontra Chakrabarti, Kevin L. Schwartz, Andrea K. Boggild
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019
Subjects:
Human African trypanosomiasis
Ivermectin
Monkeypox
Plasmodium vivax
Strongyloidiasis
Tafenoquine
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-019-0082-z
https://doaj.org/article/3ab0965cd49c42df8d07df6641500b76
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Summary:Abstract The year 2018 heralded many new developments in the field of tropical medicine, including licensure of novel drugs for novel indications, licensure of existing drugs for existing indications but in novel settings, and globalized outbreaks of both vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. We herein describe five top stories in tropical medicine that occurred during 2018, and illuminate the practice-changing development within each story.

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