Ventura F A
Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas, Parasitárias e de Medicina Tropical (UDIP-MT), Hospital de Egas Moniz (HEM), Lisboa.
Acta Med Port. 1996 Jul-Sep;9(7-9):241-5.
The increased incidence of Imported Tropical Diseases in Portugal is correlated to a recent higher standard of living, influence of media and a consequent expansion of tourism, and above all to the close relationship existing between Portugal and Africa. The number and pathology (parasitic diarrhoeas, protozoal and helminthic infections) of in-patients with Tropical Diseases at the Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas, Parasitárias e de Medicina Tropical (UDIP-MT) were described, with special emphasis on Malaria (155 in-patients during the period from 1989 to 1993) and on Sleeping Sickness, where Eflornitin (DFMO) was for the first time used in Portugal. Finally, the impact of HIV epidemic on incidence and different clinical presentations of parasitic and other tropical pathology was also evaluated.
葡萄牙输入性热带病发病率的上升与近期较高的生活水平、媒体的影响、随之而来的旅游业扩张，尤其是葡萄牙与非洲之间存在的密切关系相关。描述了传染病、寄生虫病和热带医学单位（UDIP-MT）热带病住院患者的数量和病理情况（寄生虫性腹泻、原生动物和蠕虫感染），特别强调了疟疾（1989年至1993年期间有155名住院患者）和昏睡病，在葡萄牙首次使用了依氟鸟氨酸（DFMO）治疗昏睡病。最后，还评估了艾滋病毒流行对寄生虫病和其他热带病发病率及不同临床表现的影响。
