Fever

Filter Paper Blood Spots Collected During Fever as a Source for Post-travel Diagnosis in Travelers

Filter Paper Blood Spots Collected During Fever as a Source for Post-travel Diagnosis of Arboviral and Rickettsial Infections in a Cohort of Travelers

PCR analysis will be directed by antibody detection in paired sera, and post-travel clinical evaluation

Final clinical outcome per diagnosis (change of travel plans, repatriation, hospitalization as a result of illness during travel, death).

symptomatic/ empiric/ targeted upon diagnosis abroad

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

persons intending to travel for 3 weeks or longer to South-East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa or South-/ Central America; they will be trained to use a rapid diagnostic test for malaria antigen when febrile. Upon a positive test result they are recommended to use standby emergency treatment (SBET)

Malaria

rapid diagnostic test for malaria antigen to be used by travelers when febrile

rapid diagnostic test for malaria antigen

Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests as a Decision Aid for the Management of Fever by International Travelers

New Tools for Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Illness in Travelers to the Tropics: a Cohort Study- JOKA I

malaria RDT results will be compared to post hoc PCR diagnosis of malaria on the original test strip; the negative predictive value (NPV) will be calculated in a travelers' cohort. A NPV > 99,0 % will be considered as safe to rule out malaria.

self-treatment, consultation, hospitalization

change of travel plans, repatriation, hospitalization, death as a result of illness during travel

sea/karščiavimas

Filter Paper Blood Spots Collected During Fever as a Source for Post-travel Diagnosis in Travelers

Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests as a Decision Aid for the Management of Fever by International Travelers

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