Will You Be Traveling to One of These Destinations? 1
Bring back memories, not typhoid fever Will you be traveling to one of these destinations?1
AFRICA: ALGERIA • ANGOLA • BENIN • BOTSWANA • BURKINA FASO • BURUNDI • CAMEROON • CAPE VERDE • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC • CHAD • COMOROS • CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE • COTE D’IVOIRE • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • DJIBOUTI • EGYPT • EQUATORIAL GUINEA • ERITREA • ETHIOPIA • GABON • GAMBIA, THE • GHANA • GUINEA • GUINEA-BISSAU • IVORY COAST • KENYA • LESOTHO • LIBERIA • LIBYA • MADAGASCAR • MALAWI • MALI • MAURITANIA • MAURITIUS • MAYOTTE (FRANCE) • MOROCCO • MOZAMBIQUE • NAMIBIA • NIGER • NIGERIA • PHILIPPINES • RWANDA • REUNION (FRANCE) • SAINT HELENA (UK) • SENEGAL • SEYCHELLES • SIERRA LEONE • SOMALIA • SOUTH AFRICA • SOUTH SUDAN • SUDAN• SWAZILAND • SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE • TANZANIA • TOGO • TUNISIA • UGANDA • WESTERN SAHARA • ZAMBIA • ZANZIBAR • ZIMBABWE • AMERICAS: ANEGADA • ANGUILLA (UK) • ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA • ARGENTINA • ARUBA • BAHAMAS, THE • BARBADOS • BARBUDA • BELIZE • BERMUDA (UK) • BOLIVIA • BONAIRE • BRAZIL • CAICOS ISLANDS • CAYMAN ISLANDS (UK) • CHILE • COLOMBIA • COSTA RICA • CUBA • CURACAO • DOMINICA • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC • EASTER ISLAND (CHILE) • ECUADOR • EL SALVADOR • FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS) • FRENCH GUIANA (FRANCE) • GALAPAGOS ISLANDS • GRENADA • GRENADINES • GUADELOUPE • GUATEMALA • GUYANA • HAITI • HONDURAS • JAMAICA • JOST VAN DYKE • MARTINIQUE (FRANCE) • MEXICO • MONTSERRAT (UK) • NICARAGUA • PANAMA • PARAGUAY • PERU • PUERTO RICO (US) • SABA • SAINT BARTHELEMY • SAINT CROIX • SAINT JOHN • SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS • SAINT LUCIA • SAINT MARTIN • SAINT THOMAS • SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES • SINT EUSTATIUS • SINT MAARTEN • SURINAME • TOBAGO • TORTOLA • TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO • TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (UK) • URUGUAY • VENEZUELA • VIRGIN GORDA • VIRGIN ISLAND • VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH • VIRGIN ISLANDS, US • ANTARCTICA: SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS (UK) • SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS • ASIA: AFGHANISTAN • BAHRAIN • BANGLADESH • BHUTAN • BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (UK) • BRUNEI • BURMA (MYANMAR) • CAMBODIA • CHINA • KUWAIT • KYRGYZSTAN • LAOS • LEBANON • MACAU SAR (CHINA) • MALAYSIA • MALDIVES • MONGOLIA • NEPAL • NORTH KOREA • OMAN • PAKISTAN • QATAR • SAUDI ARABIA • SINGAPORE • SOUTH KOREA • SRI LANKA • SYRIA • TAJIKISTAN • THAILAND • TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR) • TURKEY • TURKMENISTAN • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • UZBEKISTAN • VIETNAM • YEMEN • OCEANIA: AMERICAN SAMOA • AUSTRAL ISLANDS • BORA-BORA • CHRISTMAS ISLAND (AUSTRALIA) • COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (AUSTRALIA) • COOK ISLANDS (NEW ZEALAND) • FIJI • FRENCH POLYNESIA (FRANCE) • GUAM (US) • KIRIBATI • MARSHALL ISLANDS • MARQUESAS ISLANDS • MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF • MOOREA • NAURU • NEW CALEDONIA (FRANCE) • NIUE (NEW ZEALAND) • NORFOLK ISLANDS (AUSTRALIA) • NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (US) • PALAU • PAPUA NEW GUINEA • PITCAIRN ISLANDS (UK) • ROTA • RURUTU • SAIPAN • SAMOA • SOCIETY ISLANDS • SOLOMON ISLANDS • TAHITI • TINIAN • TOKELAU (NEW ZEALAND) • TONGA • TUBUAI • TUVALU • VANUATU • WAKE ISLAND
If you are, then you may be at risk. • Typhoid fever is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection you can get by eating or drinking contaminated food or water. It’s caused by a bacterium called Salmonella Typhi.2 • Typhoid fever is no vacation. If you get typhoid fever, you could have a fever as high as 103°F to 104°F (39°C-40°C), become weak, have stomach pains, headache, or loss of appetite.2 Other symptoms include constipation, a general feeling of discomfort, chills, and muscle pain. In severe cases, confusion, delirium, intestinal perforation, or death may occur.3 Ask your health care professional if a typhoid fever vaccination is right for you.
References: 1. Destinations. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list. Updated 2016. Accessed February 3, 2016. 2. Typhoid fever: general information. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/typhoid_fever/. Updated 2015. Accessed December 17, 2015. 3. Typhoid fever: technical information. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/typhoid_fever/technical.html. Updated 2015. Accessed December 18, 2015.
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