Table 1 Plasmodium infection among index cases, individuals from non-index and control households, diagnosed by RDT and by PCR

N tested by RDT

270

1898

183

 n positive by RDT (%)

270 (100)

9 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

 n P. falciparum (% of all RDT positive)

21 (7.8)

2 (22.2)

0

 n P. vivax (% of all RDT positive)

245 (90.7)

7 (77.8)

0

 n mixed by RDT (%)

4 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

0

N tested by PCR

n/a

1596

237

 n positive by PCR (%)

n/a

17 (1.1)

25 (10.5)

 n P. falciparum by PCR (%)

n/a

0 (0.0)

25 (100)

 n P. vivax by PCR (%)

n/a

15 (88.0)

0 (0.0)

 n mixed by PCR (%)

n/a

2 (12.0)

0 (0.0)