Fig. 1

Proposal of a novel diagnostic approach of malaria infections in non-endemic setting. Proposed position of illumigene malaria assay in the diagnostic approach of malaria infections in non-endemic settings with low prevalence. Because of the high sensitivity of the illumigene malaria assay, it seems no longer required to confirm negative results. However, due to low sample size our results alone are inadequate to validate this approach and before implementation, this approach needs to be confirmed in larger, prospective and preferably multi-center studies