Table 4 Results of the Care start™ and the VIKIA Malaria Ag Pf/Pan™ RDT in Bamako
PCR-corrected microscopy species identification | Care start™ Malaria | VIKIA Malaria Ag Pf/Pan™ | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 minutes | 15 minutes | 20 minutes | ||||||||||
Pf | Pan | Pf+Pan | no | Pf | Pan | Pf+Pan | no | Pf | Pan | Pf+Pan | no | |
P. falciparum (n=130) | 29 | 0 | 96 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 93 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 93 | 7 |
P. ovale (n=3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
P. malariae (n=2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Negative (n=592) | 13 | 4 | 1 | 574 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 574 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 574 |