He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did
shake;'tis true, this god did shake… WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Julius Caesar Malaria is one …

Context Malaria commonly infects residents of and travelers to tropical regions. The clinical
features of infection are notoriously nonspecific but have not been comprehensively …

No evidence-based information exists to guide clinicians for giving presumptive treatment to
returning travelers when malaria is strongly suspected on clinical grounds but laboratory …

Differential diagnosis of fever in travelers returning from the tropics is extremely diverse.
Apart from the travel destination, other diagnostic predictors of tropical infections are poorly …

Background The differentiation of malaria from other causes of fever is difficult. The
development of tools for rapid and specific clinical diagnosis is of paramount importance for …

Though low, the incidence of malaria in the United States is not insignificant and can be the
source of infection in febrile travelers returning from endemic areas. Clinicians practicing in …

Recently, two patients of African origin were given a diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum
malaria without recent travel to a malaria-endemic country. This observation highlights the …

Background The gold standard in diagnosis of malaria is microscopic detection of malaria
parasites in thin blood smears. However, the sensitivity and specificity of blood smears …

In the past decade, fluctuations in numbers of imported malaria cases have been seen in
Canada. In 1997 to 1998, malaria case numbers more than doubled before returning to …

During the last few decades, imported falciparum malaria has become a significant health
problem in Europe (1–4), North America (5–9) and Asia (10). The reason is multifactorial, eg …