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Tropical diseases

  • CholeraIn the small intestine, a single bacterium can trigger a cascade that pulls up to six liters of water per day through intestinal cells.
  • MalariaIn 1894, a Scottish physician named Ronald Ross visited Sir Patrick Manson at his home on Queen Anne Street in London. This meeting began four years of…
  • Dengue feverA transmission electron micrograph reveals the dengue virus as a cluster of dark dots, an RNA particle measuring about 11,000 nucleotide bases.
  • EbolaEbolaviruses contain single-stranded, non-infectious RNA genomes. These viral particles measure 80 nanometers in width and can stretch up to 14,000…