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Table 3 Symptoms of travellers reporting fever during travel or 14 days after return (n = 130)

From: Response to fever and utilization of standby emergency treatment (SBET) for malaria in travellers to Southeast Asia: a questionnaire-based cohort study

Fever

n

%

Yes

130

18.2

  Uring their travel

89

68.5

  Ithin 14 days after return

41

31.5

No

559

78.3

No answer

25

3.5

Additional symptoms in febrile patients (n = 130)

n

%a

Diarrhoea

41

31.5

Myalgia

31

23.8

Chills

27

20.8

Headache

21

16.1

Vomiting

19

14.6

Sore throat

17

13.1

Abdominal pain

15

11.5

Tiredness

12

9.2

Stomache ache

8

6.2

Flu-like symptoms

4

3.1

Vertigo

3

2.3

Symptoms of sinusitis

3

2.3

  1. aMay not sum up to 100% since some patients recalled multiple symptoms