Cave Associated Infection: An Issue in Tropical Medicine
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https://doi.org/10.31584/jhsmr.2018.36.3.14Keywords:
cave, infection, medicineAbstract
Caves are interesting and attractive natural sites that visitors can enter and explore. Sometimes, the visitors come in contact with pathogens in the cave, resulting in cave associated infections. In this short article, the authors hereby summarize and discuss cave associated infections with special reference to tropical countries. There are many possible cave associated infections, such as histoplasmosis and rabies, which are considered serious health problems.
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2. Mehal JM, Holman RC, Brass DA, Blanton JD, Petersen BW. Changes in knowledge of bat rabies and human exposure among United States cavers. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb;90(2):263-4.
3. Robertson K, Lumlertdacha B, Franka R, Petersen B, Bhengsri S, Henchaichon S, Peruski LF, Baggett HC, Maloney SA, Rupprecht CE. Rabies-related knowledge and practices among persons at risk of bat exposures in Thailand. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Jun;5(6):e1054.
4. ADAM JP. Transmission of hemosporidia by anopheles cavenicolus in the dave of the Congo (Brazaville). Bull World Health Organ. 1965;32:598-602
5. Ponnampalam J. Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from the soil of a cave in central Malaya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1963 Sep;12:775-6.
6. Ashford DA, Hajjeh RA, Kelley MF, Kaufman L, Hutwagner L, McNeil MM. Outbreak of histoplasmosis among cavers attending the National Speleological Society Annual Convention, Texas, 1994. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 Jun;60(6):899-903.
7. Lottenberg R, Waldman RH, Ajello L, Hoff GL, Bigler W, Zellner SR. Pulmonary histoplasmosis associated with exploration of a bat cave. Am J Epidemiol. 1979 Aug;110(2):156-61.
8. Mortimer RB. Leptospirosis in a caver returned from Sarawak, Malaysia. Wilderness Environ Med. 2005 Fall;16(3):129-31.
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2018-08-15
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Wiwanitkit V. Cave Associated Infection: An Issue in Tropical Medicine. J Health Sci Med Res [Internet]. 2018 Aug. 15 [cited 2024 Dec. 23];36(3):167-70. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/133517
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