Main health risks for Reunion

Diseases transmitted by insects or animals

There is no malaria in the country.

Disease transmitted by insects are very frequent; protect yourself from bites.

There are episodically outbreaks of dengue fever. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease. Symptoms are fever, headache, rash, muscle and joint pain, nausea and, in severe cases, hemorrhagic manifestations.

Chikungunya cases are numerous; in 2005, a major outbreak infected more than 35 percent of the local population. From January to October 2010, 153 cases were confirmed. Symptoms of this mosquito-borne disease include fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, nausea; in severe cases, the pain associated with the infection of the joints persists for weeks or months.

Diseases transmitted by food, water or through the environment

Protect yourself carefully from heat and sun to avoid sunstrokes and burns.

Due to various risk, travelers are advised not to bathe in fresh waters (lake, rivers) and should not walk barefoot.

Diseases transmitted by contact with infected people

There is no specific risk.