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What factors make travellers more at risk from infection?

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Temptation to take risks when away from home (food, water, animals, sex)
Different epidemiology of some diseases
Incomplete understanding of health hazards
Stress of travel
Refugees

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What infections are common world wide?

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Influenza
Community-acquired pneumonia
Meningococcal disease
Sexually transmitted disease

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What are some climate/temperature related health problems?

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Sunburn
Heat exhaustion and heatstroke
Fungal infections
Bacterial skin infections 
Cold injury
Altitude sickness
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What are some common water-related travel-related infections?

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Schistosomiasis
Leptospirosis
Liver flukes
Strongyloidiasis
Hookworms
Guinea worms
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What are the common tropical diseases to be aware of?

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Malaria
Typhoid
Dengue Fever
Schistosomiasis
Rickettsiosis
Viral haemorrhagic fevers (ie ebola)
Zika fever
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What pathology underlies a malaria infection?

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parasites replicating within red blood cells, causing these cells to burst and the disease to spread to other red cells

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Where is malaria most common?

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In the tropics and subtropics

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What is the vector for malaria?

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The female anopheles mosquito

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What is the non-benign species of malaria?

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Plasmodium falciparum

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What are the symptoms of malaria?

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Fever
Rigors
Aching bones
Abdominal pain
Headache
Dysuria
Frequency
Sore throat
Cough
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What are the signs of malaria?

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Often none
Splenomegaly
Hepatomegaly
Mild jaundice

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What are the complications of malaria?

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Cerebral malaria (potentially fatal, more common in non-immune visitors and children in endemic areas, causes hypoglycaemia, convulsions and hypoxia)
Blackwater fever (causes severe intravascular haemolysis, high parasitaemia, profound anaemia, haemoglobinuria and acute renal failure. Also causes urine to be very dark due to renal system damage) Pulmonary oedema
Jaundice
Severe anaemia
Algid malaria (gram-negative septicaemia)

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How is malaria diagnosed?

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Thick and thin blood films (gold standard)- Giemsa, Field’s stain (can identify species of malaria)
Quantitative buffy coat- centrifugation, UV microscopy (quicker than blood films)
Rapid antigen tests- OptiMal, ParaSight-F (used when no access to healthcare)

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How is malaria graded?

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Severe or non-severe
Severe if one or more of following present:
-Impaired consciousness or seizures 
-Hypoglycaemia
-Parasite count >/=2%
-Haemoglobin >/= 8mg/dL
-Spontaneous bleeding / DIC
-Haemoglobinuria 
-Renal impairment or pH <7.3
-Pulmonary oedema or ARDS
-Shock (algid malaria)- ?Gram negative bacteraemia
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What are the treatment options for uncomplicated P falciparum malaria?

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Riamet- 3 days (first line)
Eurartesim- 3 days
Malarone- 3 days
Quinine plus oral doxycycline or clindamycin- 7 days

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What are the treatment options for complicated P falciparum malaria?

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IV quinine (SE- cardiac depression, cerebral irritation, N&amp;V) plus oral doxycycline or clindamycin
IV artenusate (unlicensed in UK)
When patient is stable and able to swallow, switch to oral treatments
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What are the other malarial species other than P. falciparum?

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Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium knowlesi

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How are the other malarial species other than P. falciparum treated?

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Cholorquine- 3 days
Riamet- 3 days
Add primaquine for 14 days in vivax and ovale to eradicate liver hypnozoites

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What are some malarial control programmes?

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Drainage of standing water to reduce mosquito breeding sites
Larvacides
Mosquito killing sprays (DDT, malathion)
Human behaviour (bed nets, mesh windows)

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What is the causative organism of typhoid/enteric fever?

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Salmonella typhi

Salmonella paratyphi

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What are the clinical features of typhoid fever?

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Incubation period of 1-4 weeks
1st week- fever, headache, abdominal discomfort, constipation, dry cough, relative bradycardia, neutrophilia, confusion
2nd week- fever peaks at 7-10 days, Rose spots, diarrhoea, tachycardia, neutropenia
3rd week- intestinal bleeding, perforation, peritonism, metastatic infections
4th week- 10-15% relapse

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How is typhoid fever diagnosed?

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Laboratory diagnosis through culture of:

  • Blood
  • Urine
  • Stool
  • Bone marrow
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How is typhoid fever treated?

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Oral azithromycin (uncomplicated)
IV ceftriaxone (complicated)
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What regions have the highest incidence of Dengue fever?

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Southeast Asia
Southern America
Parts of Central Africa

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How is Dengue fever transmitted?
Via the aedes aegypti mosquito (lives in water)
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What are the clinical features of Dengue fever?
``` Sudden fever Severe headache, retro-orbital pain Severe myalgia and arthralgia Macular/ maculopapular rash Haemorrhagic signs: petechiae, purpura, positive tourniquet test ```
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How can diagnosis of Dengue fever be done?
``` Clinical: - Thrombocytopenia - Leucopenia - Elevated transaminases - Positive tourniquet test- spots appear on arm when tourniquet applied Laboratory: - PCR - Serology ```
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How is Dengue fever treated?
No specific therapeutic agents | IV fluids, FFP and platelets helpful in preventing complications
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What are the complications of Dengue fever?
Dengue haemorrhagic fever | Dengue shock syndrome
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What are the microbial causes of schistosomiasis?
S. haematobium S. mansoni S. japonicum
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Where does schistosomiasis breed?
In freshwater and freshwater snails
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Where is schistosomiasis most common?
South America Africa Southeast Asia
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What are the clinical features of schistosomiasis?
Swimmers Itch (1st few hrs) -clears 24-48hrs Invasive stage (after 24hrs) -cough, abdo discomfort, splenomegaly, eosinophilia Katayama Fever (after 15-20 days) -prostate, fever, urticaria, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, diarrhoea, eosinophilia Acute disease (6-8 weeks) -eggs deposited in bowel (dysentery) or bladder (haematuria) -Chronic disease
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How is schistosomiasis diagnosed?
Clinically Serology Presence of ova in stool or urine Rectal snip (if rapid diagnosis required)
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How is schistosomiasis treated?
Two doses of praziquantel six hours apart | Prednisolone required in severe cases
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What are the features of tick typhus?
Result of infection from ticks typically in southern africa Incubation period of one week Maculopapular rash develops Diagnosis done clinically
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What are the causes of rickettsiosis?
``` Tick typhus Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (R. rickettsii) Epidemic typhus (R. prowazekii) Murine or endemic typhus (R. mooseri) Scrub typhus (R. tsutsugamushi) ```
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What are the clinical features of rickettsiosis?
``` Abrupt onset swinging fever Headache Confusion Endovasculitis Rash (macular, petechial) Bleeding ```
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How is rickettsiosis diagnosed?
Clinically | Serology
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How is rickettsiosis treated?
Tetracycline
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What are the most common types of viral haemorrhagic fevers?
Ebola Congo-Crimea haemorrhagic fever Lassa fever Marburg disease
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What is the incubation period for viral haemorrhagic fevers?
Maximum of three weeks
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How is Zika virus transmitted?
Aedes mosquito Sexual contact Blood transfusion
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What infections can Zika virus be related to?
Dengue fever Yellow fever Jap B encephalitis West nile viruses
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What are the clinical features of Zika virus?
``` Often no or mild symptoms Headache Rash Fever Malaise Conjunctivitis Joint pains In pregnancy- microcephaly and other neurological problems such as Guillain-Barre syndrome ```

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