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Malaria and typhoid biggest health threat for travelers to tropics

Feeling feverish after a visit to the tropics?  If you’re a traveler, malaria and typhoid fever should top the list of diseases to discuss with your doctor when you return, especially following travel to Western Africa or India, according to a recent study.

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by Dr. Leo Galland

Fighting Parasites

Testing for Parasites

 

Laboratories that specialize in tropical medicine or parasitology are more likely to find organisms in stool specimens than are general or hospital laboratories.

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