Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
Official Title: Filter Paper Blood Spots Collected During Fever as a Source for Post-travel Diagnosis of Arboviral and Rickettsial Infections in a Cohort of Travelers
Brief Summary:
This study is part of a larger prospective cohort study (JOKA), designed to study febrile illness occurring during a travel to the tropics, as well as the evaluation of the clinical use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) by travelers or their peers during travel, as a decision aid for the management of febrile illness in the tropics.
Filter paper blood spots and paired serology are used in addition to routine post-travel evaluation, to study the incidence and etiological spectrum of febrile illness occurring during travel to the tropics.
The study will yield valuable and prospective data of incidence rate, the clinical and etiological spectrum, clinical course and outcome of febrile illness during (and post-)travel in a prospective cohorts of travelers. This knowledge may lead to better pre-travel advice.