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Website
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Travelers' Health: Disease Directory

For Students 9th - 10th
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.
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Handout
Other

Typhus Fever

For Students 9th - 10th
Good overview of typhus fever. Includes the different forms of typhus, how it is spread, and what can be done to prevent and treat it.
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Handout
Other

Virginia Department of Health: Typhus Fever (Flea Borne)

For Students 9th - 10th
Fact sheet on flea-borne typhus fever. Includes the symptoms of typhus, how it is spread, what the treatments are, and much more information.
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Handout
New York State Dept. of Health

New York State Department of Health: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

For Students 9th - 10th
From the New York State Department of Health, a communicable disease fact sheet on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.