As the summer holiday season begins, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding travellers to take precautions against travel-associated infections overseas. UKHSA has today published provisional data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland on specific selected travel associated infections including mosquito-borne infections (dengue, Zika, chikungunya and malaria) and enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid fever).
Mosquito-borne infections can cause fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, nausea and vomiting, and can be serious although some people experience no symptoms at all.
Typhoid and paratyphoid are serious but preventable illnesses caused by Salmonella bacteria, usually spread through contaminated food or water.
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