title: Fever with rash in patients returning from popular tourist resort Phuket, Thailand: dengue--or measles?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. anu.kantele@hus.fi
authors.forename: Anu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kantele
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mattila
authors.forename: Kristi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: Irja
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Davidkin
authors.forename: Heli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Siikamäki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005076:Exanthema / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000175:diagnosis; D013785:Thailand; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents