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Table 3 Comparison of asexual parasite count per micro-liter (p/μl) and RDT result in health centres and household surveys, Butajira area, Ethiopia, 2008-2010

From: Evaluation of CareStart™ malaria Pf/Pv combo test for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria diagnosis in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia

Setting/Plasmodium

Plasmodium vivax(n = 220)

Plasmodium falciparum(n = 85)*

Health centres visit

RDT negative, n

RDT positive, n

RDT negative, n

RDT positive, n

60-199

0

0

0

1

200-499

0

5

0

5

500-4,999

3

107

2

19

5,000-90,000

7

98

3

55

Total, n (%)

10 (4.5)

210 (95.5)

5 (5.9)

80 (94.1)

Setting/Plasmodium

Plasmodium vivax (n = 68)

Plasmodium falciparum (n = 13)

Household surveys

RDT negative, n

RDT positive, n

RDT negative, n

RDT positive, n

40-199

2

3

1

0

200-499

0

4

0

0

500-4,999

4

36

0

6

5,000-90,000

1

18

0

6

Total, n (%)

7 (10.3)

61 (89.7)

1 (7.7)

12 (92.3)