@article{d37ddc4960a94e91bc42af73783279c0,
title = "A pitfall of cognitive bias during the pandemic: Two cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria coinfected or misdiagnosed with COVID-19",
abstract = "We report two the cases of patients with imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic. One was coinfected with COVID-19 and the other was misdiagnosed with COVID-19; either way, the diagnosis of malaria was delayed. These cases suggest that physicians should beware of cognitive biases during pandemics and carefully evaluate febrile patients. Malaria should be considered in any febrile patient returning from a malaria-endemic area.",
keywords = "COVID-19, Cognitive biases, Imported malaria, Pandemic, Plasmodium falciparum",
author = "Haruki Mito and Ryota Hase and Hideki Ueda and Nobuaki Tsuyama and Motoki Fujii and Naoya Matsuda and Emiri Muranaka and Takashi Kurita and Yudai Yano",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, and Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control",
year = "2023",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.jiac.2023.05.016",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "916--918",
journal = "Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy",
issn = "1341-321X",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "9",
}