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Routine Vaccination Recommendations
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Traveler's Checklist
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
High Risk Diseases for Travelers
African Trypanosomiasis ("African Sleeping Sickness")
BSE ("Mad Cow Disease") and vCJD
HIV / AIDS
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Diarrheal Diseases
Cryptosporidiosis
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Giardiasis
Chikungnya Virus
Encephalitis
Fish Poisoning
Hepatitis A
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Tuberculosis (TB)
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Ebola
Yellow Fever
After You Return
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