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Among the species that become prevalent at higher altitude are the endemic Erica milanjiana, Phylica tropica and Aloe arborescens (up to 5m tall).
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A. 19 Distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. tropica and L. aethiopica in the Old World (WHO map 89962)
Chapter 5 1996
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A. 19 Distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. tropica and L. aethiopica in the Old World (WHO map 89962)
Chapter 5 1996
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Nicolle was one of the first to recognize the protective properties of the convalescence serum against typhus and measles; and succeeded in cultivating Leishmania donovani and Leishmania tropica on artificial culture media.
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For instance it was quite obvious that these statistics frequently included cases of palpitations of the heart, oedema of the feet, as well as a new cause of death described as "hydraemia perniciosa tropica" - conditions which should obviously have been ascribed to beriberi.
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Experimental Investigation on _Framboesia tropica_ (Yaws).
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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-- The plant has much reputation in India in the treatment of skin diseases, and indeed its efficiency is great in the stubborn _Tinea circinata tropica_, known throughout the Orient as "dhobie-itch."
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Four of the mummies, including Tut, had genetic traces of malaria tropica, the most severe form of malaria.
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Tut and four other mummies tested positive for malaria tropica, the most severe form of the illness.
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Genetic testing for STEVOR, AMA1, or MSP1 genes specific for Plasmodium falciparum [the malaria parasite] revealed indications of malaria tropica in 4 mummies, including Tutankhamun's.
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