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Table 2 ARRL and health centre-stored DTS reactivity on health centre and ARRL-stored RDTs

From: Field assessment of dried Plasmodium falciparum samples for malaria rapid diagnostic test quality control and proficiency testing in Ethiopia

Test panels		Results
DTS Storage Location	RDT Storage Location	Wk0			Wk4			Wk8			Wk12			Wk16			Wk20			Wk24
DTS Storage Location	RDT Storage Location	Parasites/μL			Parasites/μL			Parasites/μL			Parasites/μL			Parasites/μL			Parasites/μL			Parasites/μL
		0	500	1,000	0	500	1,000	0	500	1,000	0	500	1,000	0	500	1,000	0	500	1,000	0	500	1,000
ARRL	Walanchiti HC	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
Walanchiti HC	ARRL	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
Walanchiti HC	Walanchiti HC	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
ARRL	Wanji HC	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
Wanji HC	ARRL	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
Wanji HC	Wanji HC	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+

− = Negative test result, + = positive test result, HC = health centre.

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