Clinical Performance Evaluation of Fyodor Urine Malaria Test (UMT)

Inclusion Criteria: Group 1 - Febrile Patients: * Age: two years or older * Fever at the time of presentation (axillary temperature ≥37.5°C), or history of fever within the past 48 hours * Subjects with concurrent illnesses not listed in the exclusion criteria will be evaluated and treated for these illnesses and included in the study * Written informed consent obtained from the participant or parent/guardian Group 2 - Apparently Healthy Individuals: * Children 2 years or older, as well as adults of both genders * Afebrile * No history of fever within the past 48 hours * Negative Binax NOW test confirmed by Negative blood smear for clinical malaria Group 3 - Patients with unrelated medical conditions known to elicit proteinuria in patients: * Children 2 years or older, as well as adults * Afebrile * No history of fever within the past 48 hours * Negative Binax NOW test confirmed by Negative blood smear for clinical malaria Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Patients with respiratory distress, diffuse bleeding, recent seizures, coma, inability to drink, persistent vomiting, or prostration * Chronic use of a medication (such as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for preventing AIDS-associated opportunistic infections) with known antimalarial activity * Any condition that in the opinion of the Principal Investigator would jeopardize the safety or rights of a participant in the trial or would render the participant unable to comply with the protocol