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Table 2 Malaria prevalence by region based on blood slide microscopy and Rapid Diagnostic Test (ParaScreen)

From: Evaluation of light microscopy and rapid diagnostic test for the detection of malaria under operational field conditions: a household survey in Ethiopia

Region

Number tested

Blood slide microscopy

Rapid diagnostic test (ParaScreen)

  

Pf %

Pv %

Pf & Pv %

Total % (95%CI)

Pan/Pf %

Pan %

Total % (95%CI)

Amhara

7,664

2.4

1.9

0.4

4.6 (3.8–5.7)

2.0

1.1

3.1 (2.4–3.9)

Oromia

1,982

0.7

0.1

0

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

1.5

1.2

2.6 (1.1–6.5)

SNNP

1,858

3.6

1.8

0

5.4 (3.4–8.5)

4.5

1.7

6.2 (3.6–10.2)

Total

11,504

2.2

1.6

0.3

4.1 (3.4–5.0)

2.1

1.1

3.3 (2.6–4.1)

  1. Pf, Plasmodium falciparum; Pv, Plasmodium vivax