Fever in the returning traveler, part II: A methodological approach to initial management

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-130

  Schwartz, Michael David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African tick bite fever; Dengue; Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Dengue shock syndrome; Epidemic typhus; Fever; Incubation; Leptospirosis; Malaria; Mediterranean spotted fever; Murine typhus; Q fever; Queensland tick typhus; Scrub typhus; Traveler; Yellow fever

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; LASSA VIRUS; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TICK BITE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHUS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0038722849     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2003)014[0120:FITRTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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