Different areas of the world have different diseases and different
prevalence rates of diseases. Travelers going to foreign countries
may encounter diseases to which they have no natural immunity and
should take any possible precautions.
Review Date: 03/05/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, DIvision of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of
Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San
Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
