Isotopes in the study of tropical diseases

Experts from 15 countries met at a symposium in Bangkok from 12 - 16 December 1960 to exchange information and ideas on the use of radioisotopes in the study of endemic and tropical diseases. Discussions at the meeting, which was sponsored jointly by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organization, showed that radioisotopes had enabled medical scientists to gain a better understanding of the nature and causes of a number of diseases which afflict vast populations in tropical areas. It was also felt that this increasing understanding was likely to help substantially in the eventual control of the diseases.