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Common Health Problems Associated With Travel in Developing Countries

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the following are some of the common health problems associated with travel to developing countries:

traveler's diarrhea (by far the most common risk - affecting 20 to 50 percent of international travelers)
enterotoxic E. coli diarrhea
malaria
acute febrile respiratory tract infections
hepatitis A
gonorrhea
animal bites with rabies risk
hepatitis B
typhoid fever
HIV infection
Legionella infection
cholera
meningococcal disease

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