Five out of ten leading causes of death are infectious diseases in developing countries. Fifty percent of deaths in children under five years old are due to three preventable conditions: malaria, diarrheal disease, and pneumonia.
What are the Leading Causes of Death in Developing Countries?
Representative examples of putative causes of death identified with minimally invasive autopsy sampling.A) Meningoencephalitis (hematoxylin and eosin, 200x); B) Pneumocysttis jiroveci pneumonia (hematoxylin and eosin, 200x); C) Cryptococcus neoformans infecting the lung (PAS metenamine silver stain, 200x); D) Kaposi’s sarcoma involving the lung (hematoxylin and eosin, 100x). Pathological Methods Applied to the Investigation of Causes of Death in Developing Countries: Minimally Invasive Autopsy Approach. Castillo P, Ussene E, Ismail MR, Jordao D, Lovane L, Carrilho C, Lorenzoni C, Lacerda MV, Palhares A, Rodríguez-Carunchio L, Martínez MJ, Vila J, Bassat Q, Menéndez C, Ordi J - PloS one (2015). Not Altered. CC.
