• Acute Mountain Sickness
• Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
• Dengue fever
• Diarrhoea
• Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever
• Influenza
• Lassa Fever
• Legionnaires Disease
• Leishmaniasis
• Leprosy
• Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
• Plague
• Schistosomiasis
• Tick bourne encephalitis
• Tick Typhus
• Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping sickness)

Dengue fever

Dengue fever is a virus spread by mosquitoes that bite during the day. Currently there is no vaccine to prevent it.

Risk areas:

South and South East Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Transmission:

Incubation is 5 to 8 days. Symptoms include a sudden onset of fever, headache, myalgia and arthralgia. It is a biphasic illness, with a rash developing after 3-5 days with recurrence of fever. There may be meningism, vomiting, lymphadenopathy and diarrhoea. Within a few days the illness usually resolves and serious complications are uncommon.

Symptoms:

Some people show no signs of symptoms, however, the incubation period can be from 3 to 14 days. Classic dengue starts with an abrupt onset of a high fever, lasting up to five days and you may also suffer the following; headache, muscle and joint ache, sickness and vomiting and a rash.

Treatment:

If you have visited an area that is affected by Dengue fever and you show signs, you should visit a doctor as soon as possible, and if necessary hospital treatment may be required. Prevention from mosquito bites in such areas is advisable.

Vaccination:

Currently not available, although research is underway. The best way to protect yourself is to avoid mosquito bites as much as possible.