Fever in the Returning Pediatric Traveler

Nina Vaezipour^{1

2}, Michael Buettcher^{2

3

4}, Nicole Ritz^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ From the Mycobacterial and Migrant Health Research, University Children's Hospital Basel and Department of Clinical Research.
² University Children's Hospital Basel and Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
⁴ Faculty of Health Science and Medicine, University Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Nina Vaezipour et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025.

. 2025 May 1;44(5):e170-e172.

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004783. Epub 2025 Mar 21.

Nina Vaezipour^{1

2}, Michael Buettcher^{2

3

4}, Nicole Ritz^{1

2

3

4}

¹ From the Mycobacterial and Migrant Health Research, University Children's Hospital Basel and Department of Clinical Research.
² University Children's Hospital Basel and Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
⁴ Faculty of Health Science and Medicine, University Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: child; fever; pediatric; travel.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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