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Case 4

  • 37-year-old man was admitted for fever and an inflamed foot
  • Had traveled all over Subsaharan Africa the previous month
  • Reported numerous mosquito and tsetse fly bites
  • Headache, fatigue, severe myalgia, and fever of 40.1°C
  • WBC was 4000 /mm3 with 10 % band forms
  • Blood smears were negative for malarial parasites