Fit for Travel Peru

February 25, 2021
Peru Travel

danger of illness for the country	Whenever resting out-of-doors: defense against the vector reduviid bugs (so-called assassin or kissing insects) which dwell especially in mud huts and so are night active.
contaminated areas: particularly in the divisions of Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cuzco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, Los Angeles Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Puno, Pasco, Piura, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali	Cautious meals and drinking-water health.
illness danger into the entire country	Great protective measures against mosquitos through skin-covering clothing, utilization of anti-insect-repellents (creams, creams, aerosols), anti-mosquito coils, mosquito nets, etc.
Numerous abdominal attacks	parasites, germs, viruses (worm infestation, shigellosis, salmonella, amoebas, lamblia)	Careful food and drinking-water hygiene
Typhus Fever	highlands with bad socioeconimic frameworks	Vaccination. Careful food and drinking-water health.
Transmission risk particularly in forest areas east of Andes inside departments of Amazonas, Ancash, Ayacucho, Cuzco, Huanuco, Junin, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, Puno, San Martin and Ucayali	Vaccination. Great preventative measures against mosquitos through skin-covering garments, utilization of anti-insect-repellents (lotions, creams, sprays), anti-mosquito coils, mosquito nets, etc.
infected places: particularly in the Departments Cajamarca, Los Angeles Libertad, Lambayeque and Piura	Protection from rats (e.g. discover a secure destination whenever resting outdoors) and flees (regular and hygenic change of clothes). Travellers should keep away from plague patients. Should exposure be professionally required, prophylactic antibiotics could be suggested.