False Negative Mild Malaria ?

[tonighteathotpot]

I returned from Ghana on 24/6. 26/6 begins with intermittent low grade fever, chill, profuse sweating, epigastric and liver pain, nausea. Previous episode of malaria diagnosed on 1/6 cleared with coartem and ciprolex.

Blood taken on 28/6 showed negative result on malaria(unknown test method)

Symptom persists until now.
What is the appropriate plan?
Is it the partial immunity causing negative result?

[mkh9]

Hi and sorry you are ill. Are you in the U.S. now or what country do you reside in? So you don't know if they did a smear for malaria or what. I think you should try to get a PCR test for malaria. Maybe if you can see an infectious disease specialist that would be best. Have you been swimming, wading or washing in fresh water? If not that is good. You should also get a stool sample done  a few times for parasites. You could have several things at once. But it sounds like malaria or Schistosomiasis. But if you were not in fresh water it is probably Malaria and they didn't see it on the smear. It cycles so they can miss it.

Let me know if you have any other questions. I am not a doctor I am a microbiologist. But I can try to answer your questions or guide you.
mkh9