Table 1. Top specific diagnoses in single (2,3,5-11) and multi-centre (4,12) analyses of fever in the returning traveller.
| 1. Malaria (20-30%) | 6. Skin and soft tissue infections (2-11%) |
| 2. Acute travellers’ diarrhea / gastroenteritis (10-20%) | 7. Rickettsioses, including African tick bite fever, Mediterranean spotted fever (tick typhus) (3%) |
| 3. Respiratory tract infections (RTI) (10-15%) | 8. Acute urinary tract infection / sexually transmitted infection (UTI / STI) (2-3%) |
| 4. Dengue fever (5%) | 9. Viral hepatitis (3%) |
| 5. Enteric fever (S. enterica serovar Typhi or Paratyphi) (2-7%) | 10. Mononucleosis- or viral-like syndrome (4-25%) |
(CATMAT statements are available at http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/catmat-ccmtmv/index-eng.php)