Practically the only disease due to animal germs, which is sufficiently common in temperate or even subtropical regions to be of interest to us, is malaria, better known perhaps as ague, or "chills-and-fever."
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
Fancy them dodging like woodcock at home, from a blaze of sun into the deep shadows of subtropical palm groves!
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
Will a mixed race be evolved especially suited to success in subtropical America?
"The South American Republics Part I of II"
Thomas C. Dawson