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Chickenpox (Varicella)

What is Chickenpox (Varicella) What is Chickenpox (Varicella) and How does it spread? Chickenpox is a highly contagious infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus.

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Cholera

Cholera What is Cholera and How does it spread? Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the toxigenic…

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Get Yourself Vaccinated Against Yellow Fever

At Universal Travel Clinic, we’re dedicated to ensuring your health is safeguarded as you travel across the world. That’s why we provide a wide range of travel vaccination services, offering protection against diseases like yellow fever.

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Influenza

Influenza (Flu)What is Influenza (Flu) and How does it spread?Influenza, or the flu, is a viral infection that spreads from person-to-person.

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Malaria

Malaria is a feverish illness and it is a mosquito-borne disease spread through a mosquito bite from a female Anopheles mosquito that is infected with a Plasmodium parasite. Left untreated can be fatal.

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Polio

Polio is a potentially deadly, life-altering disease caused by a virus that affects the nervous system and attacks the brain and spinal cord. Often makes the patient paralyzed and it is mainly spread by person-to-person contact.

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Rabies

Rabies is a contagious and fatal viral disease of dogs and other mammals, transmissible through the saliva to humans and causing madness and convulsions.

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Typhoid

Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella typhi bacteria. People who are actively ill with typhoid fever and people who are carriers of the bacteria that cause typhoid fever can both spread the bacteria to other people.

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