&gt; You probably already know this, but if your daughter shows any symptoms of malaria, make sure you tell the examining physician that she&#x27;s just returned from an area that is known to have malaria. It&#x27;s often one of the first things doctors test for here in Zambia, but if you live in an area without endemic malaria, they might not test for it at all.<p>Also, for the blood test, make sure she actually has a fever when the blood is drawn.<p>Malaria (in the initial stages) may have a fever that comes and goes. The test has much higher false negative rates if the blood sample is drawn when the patient does not have a fever.<p>Doctors in areas where malaria is endemic generally know this, but doctors elsewhere may not. If she has any signs of a fever for the next ~2 months, it&#x27;s best to get a blood sample drawn right away. Malaria is much more treatable when detected early.