Rabies is an important disease to consider and animal bites with a rabies risk are relatively common amongst travelers to developing countries. It is important to provide exposure immunization in these cases, however pre-exposure immunization may need to be considered in those at high risk going to remote areas.

Robert Steffen’s chart of prevalence of various travel related diseases and events can be found in Steffen R, DuPont HL. Travel Medicine: What’s that? J Travel Med 1994; 1: 1-3.