Jennifer Mendoza
Research expert covering health, pharma and medtech
Tropical diseases in Latin America - Statistics & Facts
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread at an exponential rate worldwide, Latin America concurrently struggles to control additional viral infections, which have threatened its population for several decades. Tropical diseases, as they are often called, are illnesses predominant in tropical and subtropical regions, where humidity and high temperatures are rampant. They are typically transmitted through mosquito bites, making these tiny pests the world’s deadliest creatures. While the number of cases for some tropical diseases, such as chikungunya and Zika, are drastically lower than they were a few years ago, other viral infections, like dengue, are again rising, claiming the lives of thousands in Latin America.
