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unusual facts about Tropical disease


Pierre M'Pelé

Dr. M'Pelé received his doctorate in 1982 and has received several post-doctoral degrees, which include degrees in Epidemiology, Tropical disease, Nutrition, Leprology and Public Health.


Lábrea fever

Lábrea fever, also known as Lábrea's black fever and Lábrea hepatitis, is a lethal tropical viral infection discovered in the 1950s in the city of Lábrea, in the Brazilian Amazon basin, where it occurs mostly in the area south of the Amazon River, in the states of Acre, Amazonas and Rondônia


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Bastimentos Island

In 1727 the coast here witnessed the demise from tropical disease of much of the fleet of the English Admiral Francis Hosier.

Gen. W. C. Gorgas

William C. Gorgas (1854–1920), a United States Army officer and physician known for fighting tropical disease

General Gorgas

William C. Gorgas (1854-1920), United States Army officer and physician known for fighting tropical disease

General W. C. Gorgas

William C. Gorgas (1854-1920), a United States Army officer and physician known for fighting tropical disease

Plundered Hearts

Jean Lafond, the governor of the small West Indies island of St. Sinistra, says that the player's father has contracted a "wasting tropical disease".