Avoid Travelling Healthy and Returning Sick
If you are considering a safari trip to Africa, then you need to know that your likelihood of returning home sick is high ― no much difference for other travellers too. That is not meant to be scary, we at Touchwood’s Pharmacy travel clinic enlightens our patients and at the same time offer the best treatment to prevent such. In WHO report, yellow fever, an infection that currently has no cure, is endemic in 33 countries in Africa and 11 countries in South America. When infected, yellow fever symptoms ranges from a fever with aches and pains to severe liver disease with bleeding and jaundice. Why Safari Tourists Need to be Cautious The yellow fever virus can be transmitted by mosquitoes which have fed on infected animals especially in the forest. When this mosquitoes bite or feed on travellers especially in parks, they will contract the fever except if they have been vaccinated before travelling. Travellers who do not visit locations close to the forest can ...