ABSTRACT
Minor infections are among the most common health problems likely to be experienced by a traveller. The usual infections seen at home such as colds and the myriad of minor and self-limiting viral infections are also common abroad. However, it is important not to assume that a fever can be ignored when it could be a sign of a much more serious and potentially lethal infection such as malaria (see Chapter 19). By and large exotic tropical infections are comparatively rare.
