However, none of these precautions will give absolute protection. So if you develop a fever, or feel ill, while abroad or up to three months after returning, it is essential to seek medical attention immediately. If you develop these symptoms after you have left a malarial region, tell the doctor that you have been to a country where malaria is a health risk. Its symptoms include delirium and painful muscle spasms in the throat. Once symptoms develop in human beings, the disease is usually fatal.
Rabies occurs in animals in Europe and North America as well as in the less developed countries.
You can contract the disease if you are bitten by any infected animal. So be careful not to touch any animals, whether wild, stray or apparently tame . If you are bitten, post-exposure treatment if given early enough usually prevents the disease developing. Apply alcohol if possible. Go to the nearest doctor or hospital.