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Revisión del 16:41 12 sep 2014
Background
- meningococcemia, malaria, leptospirosis, rickettsia- all treatable with abx
- also untreatable viruses- dengue, yellow fvr- but hem forms rarely seen in travelers
- also consider Ebola and Lassa fever- public health hazard
- h/o visit to rural area or contact with ill people in endemic area
- usually 3 wk after exposure
Differential Diagnosis
Fever in traveler
- Normal causes of acute fever!
- Malaria
- Dengue
- Leptospirosis
- Typhoid fever
- Typhus
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Chikungunya
- Yellow fever
- Rift valley fever
- Q fever
- Amebiasis
- Zika virus