The heartbroken mum of a young man who died of a tropical fever while travelling in Thailand has issued a warning to other travellers, saying she had never heard of the disease before it claimed her son.
Bob Toulson-Burke, 21, was in the middle of the trip of a lifetime backpacking around south-east Asia when he came down with flu-like symptoms.
Less than two weeks later he died in a Bangkok hospital from dengue fever. His mum Jayne Toulson-Burke is now trying to raise awareness of the disease ahead of possible outbreaks across Europe.
