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Aplastic anemia, which can be fatal, is a failure of the bone marrow to produce normal blood cells.
Students planning to travel to nations in many parts of Africa, Asia and South America should consult a physician about getting fully immunized to infections common to that region, according to UHS director David S. Rosenthal '59.
"[In countries with poor sanitation] be very careful of water and things washed in water," Rosenthal says, referring to foreign countries where the water supply contains levels and types of bacteria different than in the U.S.
Sometimes, he said, because of poor public health regulation, travelers are given incorrect doses of antibiotics. Improper doses are dangerous when they reduce the normal levels of bacteria in the body, which allows other bacteria to reproduce and cause harm.
UHS, in its soon-to-be-released guidebook entitled Healthy Travel, recommends inoculations or oral vaccines against the following: poliomyelitis, tetanus, diphtheria, typhoid fever, viral hepatitis, pneumococcal bacteria, influenza and meningococcal bacteria. The new guide also recommends the updating of childhood inoculations against measles, mumps and rubella.