Malaria in Ethiopia – Level 1 – Level 1 – Practice Usual Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite that spreads to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Early symptoms of malaria resemble those of the flu, including fever, chills, sweats, headache, vomiting, and body aches. Malaria can be prevented by taking a prescription antimalarial drug to kill the parasites and by avoiding mosquito bites. […]
Possible Marburg in Tanzania – Level 1 – Level 1 – Practice Usual Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Marburg virus disease (Marburg) is a rare and deadly disease that has, at times, caused outbreaks in several African countries. The disease is named after the city in Germany where it was first reported in 1967. Marburg is a viral hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms include fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, rash, chest pain, sore throat, nausea, […]
Clade I Mpox in Central and Eastern Africa – Level 2 – Level 2 – Practice Enhanced Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Mpox is a disease caused by infection with Monkeypox virus. Mpox is endemic in forested areas of Central and West Africa. There are two types of Monkeypox virus. Historically, clade I has been associated with a higher percentage of people with mpox developing severe illness or dying, compared to clade II. People usually get mpox through […]
Chikungunya in India – Level 2 – Level 2 – Practice Enhanced Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Chikungunya disease is caused by the chikungunya virus and is spread to humans through mosquito bites. Outbreaks have occurred in countries in Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and Indian and Pacific Oceans. Most people infected with chikungunya virus develop some symptoms. Symptoms of chikungunya usually begin 3–7 days after a bite by an infected […]
East African Sleeping Sickness in Zambia and Zimbabwe – Level 1 – Level 1 – Practice Usual Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Sleeping sickness, also called African trypanosomiasis, is caused by a parasite that is transmitted by an infected tsetse fly. The tsetse fly is found only in sub-Saharan Africa. There are two types of sleeping sickness, East African and West African. East African sleeping sickness progresses more quickly, within one to several weeks of exposure. Symptoms […]
Oropouche in the Americas – Level 1 – Level 1 – Practice Usual Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Oropouche is a disease caused by Oropouche virus. It is spread primarily through the bites of infected biting midges (small flies) and mosquitoes. Oropouche virus has been found in semen. It is unknown if Oropouche can be spread through sex. Symptoms of Oropouche include headache, fever, muscle aches, stiff joints, nausea, vomiting, chills, or sensitivity to […]
Measles in Globe – Level 1 – Level 1 – Practice Usual Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Measles is a highly contagious virus that lives in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. It can spread to others through coughing and sneezing . The measles virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace or on a surface after an infected person leaves an area. If other people […]
Global Dengue – Level 1 – Level 1 – Practice Usual Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Dengue is a disease caused by a virus spread through mosquito bites. The disease can take up to 2 weeks to develop with illness generally lasting less than a week. Symptoms from dengue include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, rash, muscle and joint pain, and minor bleeding. Dengue can become severe within a few hours. Severe […]
Oropouche in Espírito Santo, Brazil – Level 2 – Level 2 – Practice Enhanced Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Oropouche is a disease caused by Oropouche virus. It is spread primarily through the bites of infected biting midges (small flies) and mosquitoes. Oropouche virus has been found in semen. It is unknown if Oropouche can be spread through sex. Symptoms of Oropouche include headache, fever, muscle aches, stiff joints, nausea, vomiting, chills, or sensitivity to […]
Zika in the state of Maharashtra, India – Level 2 – Level 2 – Practice Enhanced Precautions – Travel Health Notices | Travelers’ Health
Zika is a disease caused by infection with Zika virus and typically occurs in tropical and subtropical areas in parts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Western Pacific. Zika virus is most commonly spread to people by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. It can also be spread through sex from a person who is infected […]
