Person traveling to areas of higher endemicity for Hepatitis A should consider the vaccine . Hepatitis A can also be contracted through contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected person or animal. It may occur from any cut which allows the tetanus bacteria to enter your body. Diphtheria is a severe infection of the throat which is a rare disease, but threatens those people not immunized. Meningitis is an inflammation of the linings of the brain and spinal cord caused by either viruses or bacteria.
Viral meningitis occurs in late spring and summer and is more common than bacterial meningitis.
Symptoms and signs of viral meningitis are stiff neck, headache, nausea, vomiting, and rash. Most cases of viral meningitis have a short, uneventful course and are not effectively treated by antibiotics. Bacterial meningitis occurs rarely and sporadically throughout the year, although outbreaks tend to occur in late winter and early spring. Neisseria meningitidis or Streptococcus pneumoniae are the cause of most cases of bacterial meningitis in college-aged students. Meningococcal meningitis can cause grave illness and rapidly progresses to death.