Infectious and parasitic diseases are the leading causes of death.

Deaths from infectious and parasitic diseases shot up 100%, mainly because medicines were no longer affordable to the poor.

The incidence of other infectious and parasitic diseases was reduced and controlled.

In addition, there were specialty departments dealing with infectious and parasitic diseases, molecular studies and environmental pathology.

These are infectious and parasitic diseases that initiate and perpetuate poverty and suffering, worldwide.

The marked reduction in mortality rates caused by infectious and parasitic diseases has resulted in children's mortality rates comparable to developed countries.

This is because of poor sanitation and insufficient potable water supply, infectious and parasitic diseases such as malaria and diarrhea are very common.

The most frequent causes of death, in order of frequency, are infectious and parasitic diseases, cancer, heart disease, and cerebrovascular diseases.

Cell adhesion molecules are also involved in some infectious and parasitic diseases, in which the invading organisms use the normal tissue molecules for binding.

(RO) Climate change influences human health considerably, by the proliferation of certain infectious and parasitic diseases, mainly caused by the increase in temperature.

The chief causes of death are, in order of frequency, disorders of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive systems and infectious and parasitic diseases.

The reduction in infectious and parasitic diseases, improved primary health care, safer water and sanitation and better nutrition have increased women's life expectancy in developing regions.

The dominant communicable diseases are infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory diseases, maternal conditions, perinatal conditions and nutritional deficiencies.

Tenured Professor, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of the FMUSP.

Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Control Research (CIPDCR)

In developing countries, the major causes of death traditionally were infectious and parasitic diseases, whereas in industrialized countries, the major killers were diseases of the circulatory system.

Tomsk, like the rest of Russia, reels under a remarkable surge in infectious and parasitic diseases, and constant growth in cases of deadly heart disease, alcohol poisoning and cancer.

He has been a teacher since 1976 at the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in infectious and parasitic diseases.

"We will consider everything, including West Nile and other infectious and parasitic diseases as well as poisons," said Mr. Stone, noting that the hawk may have eaten an animal that was poisoned.

Among the topics are Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hematology and Oncology, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Surgery, Ophthalmology, and Endocrinology.

Again according to ICD-10 coding, "certain infectious and parasitic diseases" were uncommon among Japanese patients and common among Thai patients, while "diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue" showed the reverse trend.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is included under the category of "all other infectious and parasitic diseases," which showed a growth in deaths from 9,030 in 1986 to 19,160 last year, but such "all other" generalized categories were not part of the ranking system.

Behbehani has worked with the Japanese government to develop Japan's initiative in the fight against infectious and parasitic diseases, which was brought to the Kyushu-Okinawa G8 Summit in July 2000 by the then Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.

Comparing Japanese expatriate patients in Thailand to patients in Japan found that "endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases" and "mental and behavioral disorders" were diagnosed less frequently among the former group, while "diseases of the respiratory system" and "certain infectious and parasitic diseases" were more frequent among the former group.