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Table 1 Results of four malaria tests for febrile children before and after treatment

From: Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for malaria diagnosis during a follow-up study in São Tomé

HRP-2-RDTs

Microscopy

Nested PCR

LAMP

Before treatment

positive: 68

positive: 45

positive: 44

positive: 44

negative: 1

negative: 1

 

negative: 23

positive: 10

positive: 10

negative: 13

negative: 13

negative: 60

positive: 2

positive: 2

positive: 2

negative: 0

negative: 0

 

negative: 58

positive: 8

positive: 8

  

negative: 50

positive: 1

   

negative: 49

On day 7 after first-line treatment

positive: 33

positive: 6

positive: 6

positive: 6

negative: 0

negative: 0

 

negative: 27

positive: 1

positive: 1

negative: 26

negative: 26

negative: 46

positive: 1

positive: 1

positive: 1

negative: 0

negative: 0

 

negative: 45

positive: 4

positive: 3

negative: 1

  

negative: 41

negative: 41