61.   The doctor told interrogators many of the guerrillas in Myanmar were suffering from tropical diseases, the statement said.

62.   The illness, an acute tropical infectious disease transmitted by mosquitos, is characterized by severe pains in the joints and back, fever and rash.

63.   The Red Cross also warned that the floods threaten efforts to control snail fever in some areas and said outbreaks of this tropical disease may increase.

64.   Vasella said the new institute is significant because very few people are doing research on tropical diseases.

65.   Yellow fever is an infectious tropical disease transmitted by certain types of mosquitoes.

66.   Yellow fever is an acute, infectious tropical disease caused by a virus transmitted through the bite of the yellow-fever mosquito, known as aedes aegypti.

67.   He said the first aid project would involve medical research into tropical diseases and AIDS.

68.   Aid agencies say that many of the Hutus forced to live in the camps, nominally under military protection, are undernourished and suffering from tropical diseases.

69.   Dengue is an infectious tropical disease transmitted by a special kind of mosquito.

70.   Eminent epidemiologist Anthony McMichael of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said some vector organisms that spread tropical diseases were hampered by their sensitivity to climates.