1. A practical approach to common skin problems in returning travellers
Brigid M. O'Brien 
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages (May 2009)
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2. Figure 1
Categorisation of skin problems in returning travellers with common examples.
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3. Figure 2
Eschar of tick typhus on the posterior chest wall of a traveller to a game park in South Africa. Reproduced with the kind permission of the McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases published at
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4. Figure 3
Macular rash due to dengue fever. Note the characteristic pattern of “white islands on a red sea”. Reproduced with the kind permission of The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine from Gorgas Cases of the Week
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5. Figure 4
Cutaneous larva migrans in a woman who returned from Barbados. Reproduced with the kind permission of the McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases published at
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6. Figure 5
Myiasis due to D. hominis, acquired in Peru. A central breathing punctum is demonstrated. Reproduced with the kind permission of The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine from Gorgas Cases of the Week
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7. Figure 6
Tungiasis on the foot of a woman who had spent several weeks in West Africa. The object in the insert is an extruded egg examined under a microscope. Reproduced with the kind permission of the McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases published at
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8. Figure 7
Ulcer due to cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis. Reproduced with the kind permission of The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine from Gorgas Cases of the Week
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9. Figure 8
Scabies. Reproduced with the kind permission of New Zealand Dermatological Society Incorporated from
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10. Figure 9
Phytophotodermatitis on the legs of a girl who had holidayed in Mexico. She had been lying on the beach and lime juice from wedges in her drink had dripped on her legs. Reproduced with the kind permission of the McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases published at
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