Perfil das doenças tropicais em Portugal.

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  • F A Ventura Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas, Parasitárias e de Medicina Tropical (UDIP-MT), Hospital de Egas Moniz (HEM), Lisboa.

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.2600

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The increased incidence of Imported Tropical Diseases in Portugal is correlated to a recent higher standard of living, influence of media and a consequent expansion of tourism, and above all to the close relationship existing between Portugal and Africa. The number and pathology (parasitic diarrhoeas, protozoal and helminthic infections) of in-patients with Tropical Diseases at the Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas, Parasitárias e de Medicina Tropical (UDIP-MT) were described, with special emphasis on Malaria (155 in-patients during the period from 1989 to 1993) and on Sleeping Sickness, where Eflornitin (DFMO) was for the first time used in Portugal. Finally, the impact of HIV epidemic on incidence and different clinical presentations of parasitic and other tropical pathology was also evaluated.

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Ventura FA. Perfil das doenças tropicais em Portugal. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 30 de Setembro de 1996 [citado 30 de Junho de 2024];9(7-9):241-5. Disponível em: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/2600

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