Neumayr, Andreas (2020) A 27-year-old male traveller returning from the Peruvian Amazon with persisting polyarthralgias. In: Rothe, Camilla, (ed.) Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine. Elsevier Saunders Ltd, London, UK, pp. 242-244.

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Abstract

A 27-year-old male Swiss tourist spent 3.5 weeks travelling in the rainforests of the Amazon Basin in northern Peru. During the second week of his stay he developed an acute febrile illness with chills, malaise, frontal headache, generalized myalgia and a transient, non-pruritic maculopapular rash.

The rash started on the forearms about 1 week after the onset of fever and spread to the trunk, neck and face before fading after 3 days. In addition, there were slowly progressive debilitating polyarthralgias affecting the peripheral joints accompanied by transient joint swelling. He also noticed painful cervical and inguinal lymphadenopathy, which was self-limiting, lasting for about 1 week.

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