Rapid diagnosis in returning travellers with health problems can be life saving

For many health problems in returning travellers a rapid diagnosis with rapid tests can be done immediately in our surgery within 10-20 minutes using blood, urine or feces for the following diseases:

• Malaria falciparum (by Plasmodium falciparum)
• Tertian Malaria (by Plasmodium vivax and ovale)
• Quartan Malaria (by plasmodium malariae)
• Dengue-fever
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• HIV 1 and 2
• Chagas
• Rotavirus
• Adenovirus
• Lambliasis/Giardiasis
• Kryptosporidiosis
• Cytomegaly
• Toxoplasmosis
• Rubella
• Herpes 1 and 2
• Mononucleosis,  Epstein Barr Virus, Glandular fever
• Legioner's disease, Legionellosis
• Pneumomonia
• Influenza
• Helicobacter pylori Infection
• Streptococci Infection, scarlet fever
• Filariosis
• Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
• Syphilis
• Tuberculosis
• Differentiation between infectious and functional diarrhoea
• Differentiation between viral and bacterial infection
• Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis after long haul flights

Since these methods are sligthly more expensive than other tests they are not used on large scale. However, if you want a diagnosis as soon as possible these tests are an excellent tool and sometimes can be even life saving.