Greetings from Africa: The Emergence of Tropical Urological Diseases in Europe. We Had Better Be Prepared!

Guglielmo Mantica; André Van der Merwe; Gernot Bonkat

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2019.05.012

Greetings from Africa: The Emergence of Tropical Urological Diseases in Europe. We Had Better Be Prepared!

Eur Urol. 2019 Aug;76(2):140-141. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.05.012. Epub 2019 May 19.

Authors

Guglielmo Mantica¹, André Van der Merwe², Gernot Bonkat³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, San Raffaele Turro Hospital, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Urology, Tygerberg Academic Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ alta uro AG, Merian Iselin Klinik, Centre of Biomechanics & Calorimetry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31113645
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.05.012

Abstract

The increasing incidence of tropical urological diseases due to migration represents a challenge for local practitioners. Face-to-face and webinar learning courses could be a simple first step in increasing awareness of this issue.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Africa
Animals
Clinical Competence*
Disease Vectors
Emigration and Immigration*
Europe
Humans
Internship and Residency
Urologic Diseases / microbiology*
Urologic Diseases / parasitology*
Urology / education