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Travelers' Health

Traveling the world can make you susceptible to infectious diseases your immune system has never encountered. Learn how to protect yourself and ensure a safe and healthy vacation.
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Malaria: Causes and Risk Factors
Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD
Followers of Febris prayed to her for relief from fever and malaria.
How Malaria Is Treated
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
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Malaria: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
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How Malaria Is Diagnosed
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
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What Is It Like to Have Chikungunya?
Medically reviewed by Susan Olender, MD
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Elephantiasis: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
Guinea worm disease
Guinea Worm Disease: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
Ebola virus
Ebola (EBV): Overview and More
Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD
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Babesiosis: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
Schistosomes Parsitic Worms
Schistosomiasis Disease Symptoms and Treatment
Medically reviewed by Susan Olender, MD
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What Is MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)?
Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD
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10 Vaccines You Might Need Before You Travel
Fact checked by Dale Brauner
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Is Ebola Mutating and Does It Matter?
Medically reviewed by Susan Olender, MD
Mexican Freetail bats in flight at dusk, Tadarida brasiliensis. Carlsbad Caverns National Park. New Mexico. USA
What's So Bad About Bats?
Medically reviewed by Susan Olender, MD
OCP project employee collecting adult black flies, the vector for river blindness.
River Blindness: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
Hookworm
Hookworm: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
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Malaria: Overview and More
Medically reviewed by Andy Miller, MD
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How Chikungunya has spread in the New World
Medically reviewed by Susan Olender, MD
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Are there any other viruses like Ebola out there?
Medically reviewed by Susan Olender, MD
A child with Dengue fever during a 2002 outbreak in Honduras
Overview of Dengue Fever
Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD, MPH
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What You Need to Know About the Chikungunya Virus
Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD
Rubella: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Medically reviewed by Lyndsey Garbi, MD
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Overview of Lassa Fever
Medically reviewed by Susan Olender, MD