Biomaterial Database

[Prevention and therapy of important imported tropical diseases (except malaria)]. 1997

T Weinke, and H D Nothdurft

Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freien Universität Berlin.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007896	Leishmaniasis	A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus LEISHMANIA. There are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World) (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), mucocutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS), and visceral (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL).	Leishmania Infection,Infection, Leishmania,Infections, Leishmania,Leishmania Infections,Leishmaniases
D002771	Cholera	An acute diarrheal disease endemic in India and Southeast Asia whose causative agent is VIBRIO CHOLERAE. This condition can lead to severe dehydration in a matter of hours unless quickly treated.	Vibrio cholerae Infection,Choleras,Infection, Vibrio cholerae,Infections, Vibrio cholerae,Vibrio cholerae Infections
D005368	Filariasis	Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.	Elaeophoriasis,Filarioidea Infections,Infections, Filarioidea,Elaeophoriases,Filariases,Filarioidea Infection,Infection, Filarioidea
D006506	Hepatitis A	INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the HEPATOVIRUS genus, HUMAN HEPATITIS A VIRUS. It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water.	Hepatitis, Infectious,Infectious Hepatitis,Hepatitides, Infectious,Infectious Hepatitides
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000562	Amebiasis	Infection with any of various amebae. It is an asymptomatic carrier state in most individuals, but diseases ranging from chronic, mild diarrhea to fulminant dysentery may occur.	Abscess, Amebic,Acanthamebiasis,Ameboma,Amoebiasis,Iodamoebiasis,Acanthamoeba Infection,Balamuthia Infection,Abscesses, Amebic,Acanthamebiases,Acanthamoeba Infections,Amebiases,Amebic Abscess,Amebic Abscesses,Amoebiases,Balamuthia Infections,Infection, Acanthamoeba,Infection, Balamuthia,Iodamoebiases
D014330	Tropical Medicine	The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.	Medicine, Tropical
D014355	Chagas Disease	Infection with the protozoan parasite TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, a form of TRYPANOSOMIASIS endemic in Central and South America. It is named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered the parasite. Infection by the parasite (positive serologic result only) is distinguished from the clinical manifestations that develop years later, such as destruction of PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLIA; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; and dysfunction of the ESOPHAGUS or COLON.	Trypanosomiasis, South American,American Trypanosomiasis,Chagas' Disease,Trypanosoma cruzi Infection,Infection, Trypanosoma cruzi,Infections, Trypanosoma cruzi,South American Trypanosomiasis,Trypanosoma cruzi Infections,Trypanosomiasis, American
D014438	Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne	The classic form of typhus, caused by RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII, which is transmitted from man to man by the louse Pediculus humanus corporis. This disease is characterized by the sudden onset of intense headache, malaise, and generalized myalgia followed by the formation of a macular skin eruption and vascular and neurologic disturbances.	Brill's Disease,Brill-Zinsser Disease,Typhus,Brill Disease,Epidemic Typhus,Jail Fever,Louse-Borne Typhus,Rickettsia prowazekii Infection,Brill Zinsser Disease,Brills Disease,Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus,Fever, Jail,Infection, Rickettsia prowazekii,Louse Borne Typhus,Louse-Borne Typhus, Epidemic,Rickettsia prowazekii Infections,Typhus, Epidemic,Typhus, Epidemic Louse Borne,Typhus, Louse-Borne