Travel in Developing Countries

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the following are some of the common health problems associated with travel to developing countries:

• traveler's diarrhea (by far the most common risk - affecting 30 to 60 percent of international travelers)
• enterotoxic E. coli diarrhea
• malaria
• acute febrile respiratory tract infections
• hepatitis A
• gonorrhea
• animal bites with rabies risk
• hepatitis B
• typhoid fever
• HIV infection
• Legionella infection
• cholera
• meningococcal disease

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