Vaccination is recommended for travel to any area prone to JE for more than 4 weeks. You should contact a travel health clinic in order to have your specific needs assessed. Measles is an acute highly infectious disease caused by a virus. A fever usually develops before the symptoms which include inflammation of the tissue around the eyes, inflammation of the nasal tissues with severe runny nose, cough and red blotchy rash on the skin. Meningococcal meningitis Meningococcal meningitis is an acute bacterial infection resulting in the sudden development of fever, intense headache, nausea and often vomiting, stiff neck and a distinctive rash.
Severe cases can result in delirium and coma and, if untreated, toxic shock and death.
Meningococcal disease occurs seasonally in some regions of the world. In Sub-Sahara Africa, epidemics of meningococcal disease occur between December and June. Localized outbreaks have been reported in parts of Brazil, India and Nepal. Short-terms travellers staying in city hotels with high standards, and little contact with the local population are at minimal risk and should not need to be vaccinated for travel in Asia, Africa or Latin America. It can vary in severity from a mild illness with fever, to an inflammation of the lining of the brain, to paralysis and sometimes death.