I felt like I’d been hit by a truck and blamed heat stroke – it was a killer holiday virus that ‘masks itself like flu’

A British tourist who thought she got heat stroke from spending too long in the sun was diagnosed with a deadly tropical virus that disguises itself as the flu.

Serenity Tanner, 20, started to feel unwell after a day of surfing in the Philippines.

SWNSSerenity Tanner, 20, spent 12 days in hospital after being struck down with Dengue fever[/caption] SWNSShe began feeling unwell after a day of surfing and woke up that night vomiting[/caption] SWNSBattling delusions, bleeding gums and high fever...