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High-Risk Diseases for Travelers

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Many diseases pose a high risk for travelers. Click on the links below to learn more about these diseases.

African Trypanosomiasis ("African Sleeping Sickness")

Mad Cow Disease

HIV / AIDS

Cholera

E. coli

Dengue Fever

Diarrheal Diseases

Cryptosporidiosis

Diarrhea

Traveler's Diarrhea

Salmonella Infections

Giardiasis

Encephalitis

Fish Poisoning

Hepatitis A

Influenza

Lyme Disease

Malaria

Meningitis

Rabies

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Tuberculosis (TB)

Typhoid Fever

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Yellow Fever

Zika Virus

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