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The majority of differential diagnoses for RVF arise from other diseases which are prevalent in travelers and present with fever. All these disease would share a similar history of recent travel to an endemic area, followed by development of fever and body aches. A few of these diseases are listed below : | |||
*[[Malaria|Malaria]] | |||
*[[Typhoid fever|Typhoid fever]] | |||
*[[Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever|Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever]] | |||
*[[Ebola|Ebola]] virus disease | |||
*[[Dengue fever|Dengue]] | |||
*[[Yellow fever|Yellow fever]] | |||
*[[Lassa fever|Lassa fever]] | |||
*[[Chikungunya|Chikungunya]] | |||
*[[Q fever|Q fever]] | |||
*[[Zika virus|Zika virus]] | |||
*[[Marburg virus|Marburg virus disease]] | |||
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Revision as of 16:01, 16 July 2021
The majority of differential diagnoses for RVF arise from other diseases which are prevalent in travelers and present with fever. All these disease would share a similar history of recent travel to an endemic area, followed by development of fever and body aches. A few of these diseases are listed below :
- Malaria
- Typhoid fever
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
- Ebola virus disease
- Dengue
- Yellow fever
- Lassa fever
- Chikungunya
- Q fever
- Zika virus
- Marburg virus disease