Dengue fever (returned traveller)

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Teaching point

A returned traveller from an endemic region (Thailand) with fever, arthralgia/myalgia, abdominal pain and marked thrombocytopenia plus leukopenia fits dengue. Malaria is less likely to cause such pronounced leukopenia/thrombocytopenia and typically shows cyclical fevers with rigors.

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