Comments on: 10 Nastiest Travel Diseases: What They Are, What They Do and Why You Don’t Want Them

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Cent’anni di solitudine pronto per la Cina | Libri e Bit — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:00:05 +0000

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By: Tim C

Tim C — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:56:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing – incredibly helpful!

By: Jodi

Jodi — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:50:47 +0000

While doctors at home can certainly be too conservative, some of the jabs are necessary. I won’t let my yellow fever vaccine lapse if I’m travelling, in part because it sucks to get it, but also because some countries won’t let you in the country if you don’t have proof of the vaccine. (I watched travellers get turned away at the border of Bolivia because they didn’t have proof of the vaccine.) And I wouldn’t mess around with Hepatitis (I keep my A/B vaccines up to date too).

What about amoebic dysentery? Speaking from experience, it is not the most fun I’ve had on my travels

By: Will

Will — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:43:46 +0000

Dengue was pretty rife when I lived in Saigon. Some of the TEFL crowd were out for weeks with it. An addiction to 30 Rock is all they got to cure it.

By: TravelDude

TravelDude — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:59:39 +0000

Getting stuck with needles doesn’t sound as bad now does it!!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:05:11 +0000

Thanks Izabel, that’s true. I’ve also been reading Dengue warnings for New Caledonia recently. It definitely pays to check out the current warnings for your destination.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:27:37 +0000

It is important that you get every vaccine for these diseases before even going anywhere in the globe.

By: Shawndai

Shawndai — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:33:23 +0000

Thank you this was very helpful

By: Izabel

Izabel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:09:05 +0000

Hi, You forget to mention that Rio de Janeiro now is passing for a Dengue epidemia. And many places in North Brazil:includes Amazonia have problems with: Malaria, Yellow Fever and Dengue.
YF and Dengue is presente in all places.

By: Amanda Kendle

Amanda Kendle — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:31:38 +0000

Interesting point, Lara … although I have to say when I lived in Germany my GP was paranoid about giving me tons of jabs – even just to go camping in Germany, and when I said I was going to Africa … she was jumping on their special intranet site to get all the latest info. So it’s not just an Aussie thing, but yep, we do like getting jabs!