American Samoa
•Vaccinations: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B,Typhoid, Rabies
• Travelers should be up to date on measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT)
• Rabies vaccination if traveling to rural areas.
• Travel warnings for: Dengue, filariasis, Ross River virus, and Murray Valley encephalitis, Leptospirosis, Cryptosporidiosis.
• Dengue, filariasis,Ross River virus, and Murray Valley encephalitis are carried by insects and travelers should avoid insect bites and use insect repellent with DEET (30%-50%)
• Leptospirosis: avoid swimming in fresh water
• Cryptosporidiosis risk can be prevented by bottled water.
Posted on October 22, 2008
