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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 .
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العربية; অসমীয়া; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
Disease Discoverer 2600 BC: Malaria [1] 1900 BC: Rabies: 1600 BC: Cancer: Hippocrates: ca 300: Dengue: Jin Dynasty (266–420) 9th century: Measles: Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi: 14th century: African trypanosomiasis: First described by Arab traders [2] 1798: Color blindness: John Dalton: 1798: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: John Dalton: 1881 ...
Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...
Tropical cyclone July 27 –August 3 1923 105,385-142,800 1923 Great Kantō earthquake: Japan Earthquake September 1 1924 1,000 Great flood of 99: India Flood July 1925 5,000 1925 Dali earthquake: China Earthquake March 16 1926 709 1926 Havana–Bermuda hurricane: Cuba, United States, Bahamas, Bermuda Tropical cyclone October 14 –28 1927 40,912
While dengue fever is primarily considered a tropical and subtropical disease, the geographic ranges of the Aedes aegypti are expanding. The cases of dengue fever have increased dramatically since the 1970s and it continues to become more prevalent. [49] Dengue is ranked as the most important vector-borne viral disease in the world.
A collage of the ten deadliest tropical cyclones worldwide since 1990 This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones , including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths. There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history.