The risks for travelers
Consumption of food and drink that has been contaminated with faeces or urine from a human case or carrier; direct faecal oral contamination can also occur.
As with all other illnesses spread by the faecal oral route, precautionary measures should be taken to avoid consumption of potentially contaminated drinks and drinking water and to ensure food is uncontaminated...
For some people infected with dengue there are no symptoms, or they may just experience a self-resolving flu like illness. Others may experience what is often known as break – bone fever due to the high fever and the extreme pain it causes in muscles and joints. It can also cause a severe headache, pain behind the eyes, nausea and...
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