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# meningococcemia, malaria, leptospirosis, rickettsia- all treatable with abx | # meningococcemia, malaria, leptospirosis, rickettsia- all treatable with abx | ||
# also untreatable viruses- dengue, yellow fvr- but hem forms rarely seen in travelers | # also untreatable viruses- dengue, yellow fvr- but hem forms rarely seen in travelers | ||
# also consider [[Ebola]] and Lassa fever- public health hazard | # also consider [[Ebola]] and [[Lassa fever]]- public health hazard | ||
# h/o visit to rural area or contact with ill people in endemic area | # h/o visit to rural area or contact with ill people in endemic area | ||
# usually 3 wk after exposure | # usually 3 wk after exposure | ||
Revision as of 04:48, 2 September 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