Fig. 2

Contributions of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 to PfHRP-2 RDT read out. Genomic DNA obtained from either the membrane of the PfHRP-2 RDT kit or the corresponding DBS sample was subjected to pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 exon 2 PCR amplification. The presence or absence of pfhrp2 and or pfhrp3 in negative (a) and positive (b) banded PfHRP-2 RDT kits collected from Accra and Cape Coast was identified. Each RDT kit was confirmed as P. falciparum positive by PCR and microscopy