Travel Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
Ix for fever in a returned traveller
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FBC Thick and thin malaria films LFTs Blood/stool cultures Urinalysis and culture Serum arbovirus/rickettsial
2
Q
Most common malaria species
A
Plasmodium falciparum
3
Q
Common illnesses in the returned traveller
A
Malaria Dengue Mononucleosis (due to Epstein-Barr virus or cytomegalovirus) Respiratory infections e.g. influenza types Rickettsial infection Salmonella typhi or S. paratyphi infection Hepatitis A