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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Tropical sprue is endemic to India and southeast Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

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 ==Affected Regions==
-The disease was first described by William Hillary in 1759 in Barbados. Tropical sprue is endemic to India and southeast Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
+Tropical sprue is endemic to India and southeast Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
 ==Treatment==