International travel is increasingly common. Between 10% and 42% of travellers to any destination, and 15%-70% of travellers to tropical settings experience ill health, either while abroad or on returning home,

Malaria is the commonest specific diagnosis, accounting for 5%-29% of all individuals presenting to specialist clinic, followed by dengue, enteric fever, and rickettsial infections .

In this podcast Doug Fink specialist registrar, and Victoria Johnston consultant, in infectious diseases at The Hospital for Tropical Diseases join us to discuss diagnosis, and treatment - and why the clinically most interesting diagnosis is rarely the right one.

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