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Penza called the most dangerous infections that you can get on travel

When traveling to a number of countries, tourists are at risk of encountering dangerous diseases.

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Penza called the most dangerous infections that you can get on travel

When traveling to a number of countries, tourists are at risk of encountering dangerous diseases. One of them is dengue fever. The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Manifested by heat, intoxication, muscle-articular pain and rash. It is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Sudan, Egypt, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil.

Malaria requires no less caution. Its symptoms are recurring fevers, anemia, enlarged liver and spleen. The source of infection is mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. The risk is high in India, CAR, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Angola, Sudan.

Leishmanias cause the simplest Leishmania, they are carried by mosquitoes. The disease affects the internal organs, skin, mucous membranes. Dangerous when traveling to endemic countries.

Yellow fever is transmitted by the Aedes and Haemogogus mosquitoes. Before traveling to disadvantaged areas, vaccination is required.

For protection, repellents, closed clothes, nets on windows and doors, aerosols and fumigators are used.

Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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