Article: INSIDE OUT: Deadly dangers lurking abroad.(Features)

ALTHOUGH malaria is the most commonly known disease spread by mosquitoes, it is by no means the only one. Tourists are at risk from all sorts of tropical fevers which make timely vaccination programmes essential. L Yellow Fever is a dangerous viral infection spread by mosquitoes in Africa and South America and the number of cases is rising. The vaccine is highly effective but there are often shortages. L Dengue Fever. Recently caught in Thailand by a tourist from Chorley and currently very prevalent in Thailand, the Phillipines, Cuba and Bolivia. There are 50-100m cases each year and rising. Caused by a virus carried by the mosquito, there is no vaccine but careful insect ...

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