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Infectious Diseases
Acharya, Ashish
Davis, Steven
De Marco, Brendan
Ghurani, Rasha
Greenberg, David
Klemow, Steven
Liao, Valerie
Luby, James
Pate, Perry
Storey, Donald
Swancutt, Mark

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High Risk Diseases for Travelers

There are many diseases that pose a high risk for travelers. Listed in the directory below are some of the diseases, for which we have provided a brief overview.

If you cannot find the disease in which you are interested, please visit the Travel Medicine Online Resources page in this Web site for an Internet/World Wide Web address that may contain additional information on that topic.

African Trypanosomiasis ("African Sleeping Sickness")

BSE ("Mad Cow Disease") and vCJD

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

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