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Will You Be Traveling to One of These Destinations? 1

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 • • BURKINA FASO • BURUNDI • • 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 • • GUINEA • GUINEA-BISSAU • IVORY COAST • KENYA • • LIBERIA • LIBYA • MADAGASCAR • • MALI • MAURITANIA • • MAYOTTE (FRANCE) • MOROCCO • MOZAMBIQUE • • NIGER • NIGERIA • • RWANDA • REUNION (FRANCE) • (UK) • SENEGAL • • SIERRA LEONE • SOMALIA • SOUTH AFRICA • SOUTH SUDAN • SUDAN• SWAZILAND • SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE • • TOGO • TUNISIA • UGANDA • WESTERN SAHARA • • AMERICAS: ANEGADA • (UK) • AND BARBUDA • ARGENTINA • ARUBA • BAHAMAS, THE • • BARBUDA • BELIZE • (UK) • BOLIVIA • BONAIRE • BRAZIL • CAICOS ISLANDS • (UK) • CHILE • COLOMBIA • COSTA RICA • CUBA • CURACAO • • EASTER ISLAND (CHILE) • ECUADOR • EL SALVADOR • (ISLAS MALVINAS) • FRENCH GUIANA (FRANCE) • GALAPAGOS ISLANDS • GRENADA • GRENADINES • GUADELOUPE • GUATEMALA • GUYANA • • HONDURAS • • JOST VAN DYKE • MARTINIQUE (FRANCE) • MEXICO • (UK) • NICARAGUA • PANAMA • PARAGUAY • PERU • (US) • • SAINT BARTHELEMY • • SAINT JOHN • AND • SAINT THOMAS • SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES • • SINT MAARTEN • SURINAME • TOBAGO • TORTOLA • TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO • (UK) • URUGUAY • • VIRGIN GORDA • VIRGIN ISLAND • , BRITISH • VIRGIN ISLANDS, US • ANTARCTICA: SOUTH AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS (UK) • SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS • ASIA: AFGHANISTAN • BAHRAIN • • BHUTAN • BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (UK) • BRUNEI • BURMA (MYANMAR) • CAMBODIA • CHINA • KUWAIT • KYRGYZSTAN • LAOS • LEBANON • MACAU SAR (CHINA) • • MALDIVES • MONGOLIA • NEPAL • NORTH KOREA • OMAN • • QATAR • SAUDI ARABIA • SINGAPORE • SOUTH KOREA • • SYRIA • TAJIKISTAN • THAILAND • TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR) • TURKEY • TURKMENISTAN • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • UZBEKISTAN • VIETNAM • YEMEN • OCEANIA: AMERICAN SAMOA • AUSTRAL ISLANDS • BORA-BORA • CHRISTMAS ISLAND () • COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (AUSTRALIA) • COOK ISLANDS (NEW ZEALAND) • FIJI • FRENCH POLYNESIA (FRANCE) • GUAM (US) • • MARSHALL ISLANDS • MARQUESAS ISLANDS • MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF • MOOREA • NAURU • NEW CALEDONIA (FRANCE) • (NEW ZEALAND) • NORFOLK ISLANDS (AUSTRALIA) • NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (US) • PALAU • PAPUA NEW GUINEA • (UK) • ROTA • RURUTU • SAIPAN • SAMOA • SOCIETY ISLANDS • SOLOMON ISLANDS • TAHITI • TINIAN • (NEW ZEALAND) • TONGA • TUBUAI • • 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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