The Minster Practice, Lichfield
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There are other parasitic hazards acquired through travel abroad besides malaria. Short-term travellers staying in good conditions are usually at low risk of contracting these but you are advised to follow the advice below. Schistosomiasis is common and potentially serious. Travellers should avoid swimming in freshwater lakes and river sin endemic areas. Leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis are less common but potentially lethal. African trypanosomiasis - sleeping sickness - is transmitted by tse-tse flies and is a risk in some African game parks and rural areas. Travellers should use insect repellents, close windows if swarms approach and seek medical attention for nay signs of infection around bites 1 - 3 weeks later. South American trypanosomiasis - Chagas' disease - is transmitted by reduvid bugs that feed at night and reside in the thatch and crevices of rural dwellings. Travellers should avoid sleeping in huts. Leishmaniasis is transmitted by sandflies in arid areas, including Mediterranean coastal areas, mainly at night. Travellers should use insect repellent and insecticide impregnated mosquito nets.
US Division of Parasitic Diseases Image LibraryParasite Image Library: http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Image_Library.htm
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