Fever in a returned traveller from West Africa.

Multinational Perspective on Health Care Delivery: Private versus Government

Health care issues in any part of the world can suddenly become a global issue. This was exemplified by the outbreak few years ago of Ebola virus disease in parts of West Africa, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia [1,2] especially that later spread to other parts of West Africa including Senegal and Nigeria (these two countries were later declared Ebola free by the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Falciparum malaria as a cause of fever in adult travellers returning to the United Kingdom: observational study of risk by geographical area.

BACKGROUND The probability that a returned traveller with a history of fever has malaria is likely to vary by geographical area, but this has not been quantified in travellers. AIM To collect data on prevalence of malaria in outpatients returning with a fever or history of fever from malaria-endemic countries, at the point of presentation for a malaria test. DESIGN Observational retrospecti...

Chikungunya fever in Canada: fever and polyarthritis in a returned traveller.

West African malaria.

Plasmodium falciparum malaria poses an increasing risk to travellers to West Africa. The development of chloroquine resistant in West Africa has further compounded the risk. Two cases of falciparum malaria from Sierra Leone are presented. One represents the classic missed case and the other a probable case of chloroquine resistant (RI vide infra) falciparum malaria. These cases highlight the da...

Fever in the recently returned HIV infected traveller.

A 41 year old HIV infected man with an extensive travel history developed intermittent fever and weight loss shortly after returning from abroad. Extensive and prolonged investigation identified the cause.