Health Information for International TravelU.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Center for Prevention Services, Quarantine Division - Travel |
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administered adults adverse reactions Africa age or older agents altitude illness antibody antimalarial area see http://www.cdc.gov/travel/blusheet.htm Arthropod-borne diseases Bismuth subsalicylate bites blood Blue Sheet breast-feeding cause chemoprophylaxis chloroquine contaminated Contraindications DEET dengue developing countries diarrhea dose doxycycline drugs DTaP encephalitis endemic epidemic exposure falciparum filariasis foci Foodborne and waterborne giardiasis hazards hemorrhagic fever hepatitis HIV-infected travelers immune globulin immunodeficiency immunosuppressed inactivated infants and children infants younger infected area infectious diseases international travel Islands Japanese encephalitis leishmaniasis malaria Malarone measles mefloquine meningococcal MMR vaccine months of age mosquito mumps occur outbreaks pertussis poliovirus precautions pregnant traveler pregnant women Preventive Measures Vaccine prophylactic prophylaxis protection rabies recommended repellents reported Risk for Travelers rubella rural areas Schistosomiasis side effects skin symptoms transmission treatment tropical typhus United varicella vaccine viral viruses visceral leishmaniasis waterborne diseases weeks yellow fever yellow fever vaccine