False-positive rapid diagnostic test for malaria in new world cutaneous leishmaniasis: a tale of two travelers

We report two immigrants from Cuba seen in a US travel clinic with a confirmed diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in whom we also suspected malaria co-infection. Both individuals likely acquired leishmaniasis in the Darien Gap region of Panama during their migratory path to the United States. As p...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Unterborn, Jose Henao-Cordero, Arianna Kousari, Poornima Ramanan, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Nancy Madinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2022-05-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20499361221097791