TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Fever in the Returned Traveler
A1  - McKittrick, Noah D.
A1  - LaBeaud, Angelle Desiree
A2  - Shah, Samir S.
A2  - Kemper, Alex R.
A2  - Ratner, Adam J.
PY  - 2019
T2  - Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e
AB  - More  than  60  million  people  travel  to  the  tropics  and  the  developing  world  every  year  and  are  exposed  to  diseases  that  are  not  commonly  seen  in  the  United  States  or  other  developed  countries.  Even  though  child  travelers  represent  only  a  small  fraction  of  this  number,  they  constitute  about  a  quarter  of  all  travel-related  hospital  admissions.1  Management  of  sick  children  after  international  travel  is  complicated;  febrile  illness  caused  by  common,  universally  transmitted  infections  such  as  respiratory  and  gastrointestinal  viruses  is  extremely  common  in  this  population,  yet  children  are  also  vulnerable  to  tropical  infections  acquired  during  travel.  Although  pediatric  data  are  lacking,  the  etiology  of  fever  among  returned  travelers  is  generally  equally  distributed  among  the  tropical  diseases,  commonly  acquired  infections  (those  found  in  both  developed  and  developing  countries)  and  illnesses  of  unknown  etiology.2  Thus,  a  complete  evaluation  requires  elements  that  are  seldom  included  in  a  general  pediatric  review:  assessment  of  travel  vaccinations  and  prophylaxis,  specific  destination  and  exposure  history,  and  probable  incubation  period.  The  most  common  tropical  diseases  in  the  returning  traveler  are  malaria,  traveler’s  diarrhea,  dengue,  rickettsiosis,  and  typhoid  fever.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157324304
ER  -