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From primitive jungle medicine to tropical medicine: history of progress and current challenges in the tropical disease control
2022
Žurnal Infektologii
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have long been overlooked in the global health agenda. The article is intended to generate information in consideration of the history of colonization of tropical countries with a special focus on tropical diseases especially common in the army during colonial wars and throughout the colonial era. Extreme poverty and warm tropical climates are the two most potent forces promoting the spread of neglected tropical diseases. European colonial doctors made
doi:10.22625/2072-6732-2022-14-2-5-13
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