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 Yellow Book 2003-2004
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 Illness and Injury Abroad
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 Reference Materials
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Diseases

Please see the Destinations section for recommendations for specific countries. For information on diseases and health issues not included on this page, see the Health Topics A to Z page.
Travel-related diseases included on this page:
•  African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)
•  AIDS/HIV
•  Altitude illness
•  Amebiasis
•  BSE ("mad cow disease") and nvCJD
•  Campylobacter infections
•  Chagas’ disease (American trypanosomiasis)
•  Cholera
•  Coccidioidomycosis
•  Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium infection)
•  Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora infection)
•  Dengue fever
•  Diarrhea
•  Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis
•  E. coli (Escherichia coli)
•  Encephalitis
•  Filariasis
•  Giardiasis (Giardia infection)
•  Hantavirus
•  Head lice (pediculosis)
•  Hepatitis
•  Histoplasmosis
•  Influenza (flu)
•  Leishmaniasis (Leishmania infection)
•  Leptospirosis
•  Lyme disease
•  Malaria
•  Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)
•  Meningitis
Norovirus infection(Norwalk/Norwalk-like virus infection)
•  Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
•  Plague
•  Poliomyelitis
•  Rabies
Rickettsial Infections
•  Rotavirus
•  Salmonellosis (Salmonella infection)
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
•  Scabies
•  Schistosomiasis
•  Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
•  Shigellosis (Shigella infection)
•  Smallpox
•  Tuberculosis (TB)
•  Typhoid fever
•  Typhus fevers (see rickettsial infections)
•  Varicella (chickenpox)
•  Vibrio parahaemolyticus
•  Viral hemorrhagic fevers (e.g., Ebola, Lassa, Marburg, Rift Valley)
West Nile virus
•  Yellow fever
African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)

AIDS/HIV

Altitude illness

Amebiasis

BSE ("mad cow disease") and nvCJD

Campylobacter infections

Chagas’ disease (American trypanosomiasis)

Cholera

Coccidioidomycosis

Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium infection)

Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora infection)

Dengue fever

Diarrhea

Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis

E. coli (Escherichia coli)

Encephalitis

Filariasis

Giardiasis (Giardia infection)

Hantavirus

Head lice (pediculosis)

Hepatitis

Histoplasmosis

Influenza (flu)

Leishmaniasis (Leishmania infection)

Leptospirosis

Lyme disease

Malaria
Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)

Meningitis

Norovirus infection (Norwalk/Norwalk-like virus infection)

Onchocerciasis (river blindness)

Plague

Poliomyelitis

Rabies

Rickettsial Infections
Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Rotavirus

Salmonellosis (Salmonella infection)

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

Scabies

Schistosomiasis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
Also see hepatitis and AIDS/HIV

Shigellosis (Shigella infection)

Smallpox

Tuberculosis (TB)

Typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi)

Varicella (chickenpox)

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
(e.g., Ebola, Lassa, Marburg, Rift Valley)

West Nile virus

Yellow fever


For CDC information on diseases of a specific location, check the Destinations section and the biweekly Summary of Health Information for International Travel (the “Blue Sheet”).

For more CDC information on diseases and other health topics, see the Health Topics A to Z page.
 


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