According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the following are some of the common health problems associated with travel to developing countries:

• traveler's diarrhea (by far the most common risk - affecting 20 to 50 percent of international travelers)
  
  
• enterotoxic E. coli diarrhea
  
  
• malaria
  
  
• acute febrile respiratory tract infections
  
  
• hepatitis A
  
  
• gonorrhea
  
  
• animal bites with rabies risk
  
  
• hepatitis B
  
  
• typhoid fever
  
  
• HIV infection
  
  
• Legionella infection
  
  
• cholera
  
  
• meningococcal disease

Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic
at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago

At Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, we offer comprehensive services for travelers of all ages, everything from immunizations before your trip to care after you return.

At our Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic, the international traveler benefits from the years of experience and expertise of our highly trained and well-traveled clinical staff.

For more information, visit the Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic home page.

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