The recent article by Rubio et al. reports poor accuracy of rapid malaria diagnostic tests (RDTs) and promotes PCR-based reference laboratories to avoid potential misdiagnosis ([6][1]). Both points deserve comment. The authors' reported low sensitivity is mainly due to poor detection of Plasmodium
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