Fever with rash in patients returning from popular tourist resort Phuket, Thailand: dengue--or measles?
Kantele, A.; Mattila, L.; Ott, K.; Davidkin, I.; Siikamäki, H.
Journal of Travel Medicine 19(5): 317-319
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1708-8305 PMID: 22943274 DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00639.xDocument Number: 531260
We report three recent cases of measles in travelers to a popular vacation resort, Phuket, Thailand, two initially diagnosed clinically as dengue, one as drug reaction. In countries with no indigenous measles, clinicians may no longer recognize the disease. When left misdiagnosed, the patients continue to be potential transmitters.
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