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Healthy Travel Quiz

Here are eight questions designed to test your knowledge about healthy international travel. Decide whether each statement is "true" or "false."

  1. Contracting an infectious disease poses the most serious risk to me during my international travels.

    A. True
    B. False
  1. If I become ill overseas, it will most likely be the result of a serious infectious disease such as malaria or cholera.

    A. True
    B. False
  1. I should be vaccinated against any of the vaccine-preventable diseases that are prevalent in the countries I plan to visit.

    A. True
    B. False
  1. If I'm traveling to Europe, I don't have to worry about things such as traveler's diarrhea or serious infectious disease.

    A. True
    B. False
  1. Fewer than half of travelers adhere to basic recommendations for malaria prevention.

     A. True
    B. False
  1. The vaccinations that I received as a child against diseases such as measles, diphtheria, tetanus and polio will protect me if I am traveling to areas where they are prevalent.

    A. True
    B. False
  1. I am planning to visit the major urban areas frequented by tourists, rather than rural areas, which lowers some risk to my health.

    A. True
    B. False
  1. I've heard rabies is more common in developing nations, but I'm safe because I'm not going any place where I'd run into wild animals.

    A. True
    B. False

External Sources

Health Risks and Precautions: General Considerations, World Health Organizations.
Traveler's Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.

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