Health advice for travelers to Latin America.
Practical and precise information about the potential infectious health hazards that travelers to Latin America may encounter is reviewed in this article. Some diseases are briefly described, others are only mentioned. The countries have been grouped into four geographical areas following the classification of the World Health Organization. The discussion on each area includes information on travelers' diarrhea, malaria, cholera, typhoid fever, yellow fever, and other diseases or special problems.
Infectious Disease Section, Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad.
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D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D017053:Infection Control; D007843:Latin America; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000517:prevention & control; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000517:prevention & control; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D014195:Travel; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000517:prevention & control