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Travel health

Whether you're travelling for business or pleasure, your destination may present certain health risks. Find out here about travel-associated conditions and how you can protect yourself.

Dengue fever

Dengue fever is an illness that occurs in many tropical countries. You can’t get it in the UK, but you can if you travel abroad to affected areas.
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Legionnaires' disease

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria.
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Malaria - the disease

You can’t catch it in the UK, but many people are treated here each year after being infected while abroad.
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Travel sickness

Travel sickness is a type of motion sickness. It can make you feel sick and dizzy when you travel, especially by car, boat or plane.
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Travel vaccinations

If you travel outside the UK, you may encounter infectious diseases in the countries you visit that don’t exist, or aren’t very common back home.
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Typhoid

Typhoid and paratyphoid (also known as enteric fever) are infections caused by bacteria.
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Viral hepatitis

Hepatitis is the inflammation (swelling) of your liver. The most common types of viral hepatitis are hepatitis A, B and C.
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