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Unexpected false-negative result in a traveller’s malaria diagnosis Rubio Maturana, Carles Silgado, Aroa Zarzuela, Francesc Pérez Ugarte, Arantxa Goterris Bonet, Lidia Paredes Carmona, Fernando Sulleiro Igual, Elena Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la salut::Medicina Malaria--Diagnosis--Evaluation Prozone effect Rapid diagnostic tests HRP-2 Microscopic examination Malaria Malària--Diagnòstic A 4-year-old male presented at the emergency room for a 4-day-history of fever, diarrhoea and vomiting. The family had returned from Senegal 1 day before presenting to our clinic. None of the family had taken malaria prophylaxis. Because of a recent travel history, investigations to rule out malaria were initiated. These included a rapid antigen detection test (RDT; BinaxNow® Malaria, Abbott, USA) and microscopy examination. Postprint (published version) 2022-10-27 Article Rubio, C. [et al.]. Unexpected false-negative result in a traveller's malaria diagnosis. "Journal of travel medicine", 27 Octubre 2022, vol. 124, p. 1-8. 1195-1982 https://hdl.handle.net/2117/379512 10.1093/jtm/taac124 eng https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jtm/taac124/6775350 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Open Access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 8 p. application/pdf