Thank you Dr. Tony Hung for well organized and informative presentation on malaria!
Learning Points:
1) Among returning travelers presenting with a systemic febrile illness, the most common specific diagnoses are:
- Malaria
- Dengue fever
- Mononucleosis (2/2 EBV vs. CMV)
- Rickettsial infection
- Typhoid fever
2) Test for malaria in any patient with a history of fever and recently in a malaria-endemic region (even if afebrile at the time of evaluation)
3) Most common sx: Fever, headache, myalgia, N/V, abdominal pain, diarrhea
4) Diagnosis: +Parasites on thick and thin peripheral blood smears
5) Here is a great Table from UpToDate organizing various infectious diseases based on their incubation periods
