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Other vaccine preventable risks
The following vaccinations may be considered depending on your itinerary and planned activities. These can be discussed in more detail with one of our travel health consultants.
Typhoid
Hepatitis B
Rabies
Malaria risk
No risk of Malaria . Tablets not required.
Non-vaccine preventable risks
- Travellers' Diarrhoea is usually caused by eating contaminated food or drinking unsafe water. Symptoms may be severe with frequent watery stools, thirst, dry mouth and tongue, headache and weakness. Water should always be treated when there is doubt about its cleanliness food that may be contaminated must be thoroughly cooked and hands washed prior to eating.
- HIV infection is spread through sexual intercourse or infected blood or blood products (e.g. through blood transfusions or the use of blood contaminated instruments such as intravenous needles).
- Trypanosomiasis (American) is transmitted to humans through the skin of infected reduviid bugs. The disease may have an acute but often asymptomatic phase, followed by chronic systemic symptoms. The risk to travellers is generally low, unless staying for prolonged periods in very rural and poor circumstances.
- Leptospirosis is spread through the faeces of infected rodents especially rats. It is unusual for travellers to be affected unless living in poor sanitary conditions.