Bangladesh Health
Health
Degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations water contact disease: leptospirosis animal contact disease: rabies (2004) Be careful about buying food from street vendors. The tap water is unsafe to drink. In some areas tube wells are contaminated with naturally occurring arsenic. This can easily pass through water filters designed only for filtering out bacteria. (It's not a compound, but a pure element down to the atomic level.) Best to use reliable bottled water. Also you can boil water or use water purifying tablets. Take precautions against malaria and typhoid fever.
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