Unexpected false-negative result in a traveller's malaria diagnosis
J Travel Med
.
2023 Feb 18;30(1):taac124.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac124.
Authors
Arantxa Perez-Ugarte
1
,
Carles Rubio Maturana
2
,
Aroa Silgado
1
3
,
Francesc Zarzuela Serrat
1
,
Lidia Goterris
1
,
Fernando Paredes-Carmona
4
,
Elena Sulleiro
1
3
Affiliations
1
Microbiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, PROSICS Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona 08035, España.
2
Microbiology Department, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona 08035, España.
3
CIBERINFEC, ISCIII- CIBER Infectious Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
4
Department of Paediatrics, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Lleida 25198, Spain.
PMID:
36300508
DOI:
10.1093/jtm/taac124
No abstract available
Keywords:
HRP-2; Prozone effect; malaria; microscopic examination; rapid diagnostic tests.
MeSH terms
Diarrhea
Humans
Malaria*
Malaria, Falciparum* / diagnosis
Travel