Case 28-2015: A Man with Febrile Symptoms after Traveling from Liberia

To the Editor: In the Case Record discussed by Biddinger et al. (Sept. 10 issue), 1 the authors describe the care of a febrile traveler who was returning from an area in which malaria is highly endemic and who was considered to be in the “low (but not zero) risk category” for Ebola virus disease (EVD). 2 Modifications made to safely assess the patient for EVD are reported, including the use of only a rapid diagnostic test to diagnose malaria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends immediate microscopy of thin and thick blood smears for the diagnosis of malaria, . . .