00968nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001260004000042100001100082245009400093856006300187300001400250490000700264520056300271       2015                            d  bThe Juntendo Medical SocietyaJapan1 aMita T00aCurrent research topics in tropical diseases: Towards successful control and elimination.  uhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jmj/61/4/61_358/_pdf   a358 - 3590 v613 a<p>From the author introduction:</p>

<p>Tropical medicine research was an important avenue to prevent a reduction of military forces caused by infection with tropical diseases during the age of imperialism. We now believe that tropical diseases are not an indigenous health problem confined to tropical regions; rather, they are global health issues that every country needs to address through collaboration. This special topic will offer further understanding of how&nbsp; cademia contributes to global health problems induced by tropical diseases.</p>