Generally, in our travel clinic, when we give some advices about malaria; we will try to add something about dengue also. Since, in fact, the risk for travelers to get dengue while traveling in Southeast Asia is far greater than malaria. However, not surprisingly, dengue infection is less known to travelers when compared to malaria.
Let’s start with some basic, yet important, information about dengue.
1. Dengue is a mosquito borne disease. It exists in many countries in tropical/subtropical area including in Asia, Africa, Central and South America. See the map from World Health Organization (WHO) below. Among . . . → Read More: Useful information about dengue infection for travelers
