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The Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Thai: โรงพยาบาลเวชศาสตร์เขตร้อน) is a hospital in Ratchathewi District, Bangkok. It is a public hospital operated by the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. It specialises in tropical medicine and, since 2012, travel medicine.
Scabies (also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis. The word is from Latin: scabere, lit. 'to scratch'. The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple -like rash. Occasionally, tiny burrows may appear on the skin. In a first-ever infection, the infected person usually ...
The government of Thailand then organised this faculty to be a training site for medical personnel in tropical medicine, and the faculty became the center of the SEAMEO-TROPMED Network. The curriculum was also improved upon by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. In 1993, the faculty became a SEAMEO Regional Center for Tropical Medicine. [1]
Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. [1] The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates , due in part to the occurrence of a cold season, which controls the insect population by forcing hibernation .
Thailand's government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were reported to have contracted anthrax in the neighboring country.
Banchob Sripa (Thai: บรรจบ ศรีภา) is a Thai scientist who is professor and head of the Tropical Disease Research Laboratory (TDRL) at Khon Kaen University in Khon Kaen, Thailand.
It was only during the 1980s, Infectious Disease Association of Thailand started to take notice of this disease. The first conference on melioidosis was held in 1985 in Thailand. It was during this meeting that collaboration between Sappasitprasong Hospital, Thailand, and Wellcome-Mahido-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme was established.
The prevalence of leprosy (Hansen's disease) in Thailand is declining. Statistics from the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Disease Control indicate that there were 155 new leprosy patients countrywide in 2015, as compared to the 405 new cases found in 2010.