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Table 2 Proportion of asymptomatic infections according to the diagnostic method

From: Prevalence of Plasmodium spp. in illegal gold miners in French Guiana in 2015: a hidden but critical malaria reservoir

 

Asymptomatic n (%)

p

p trend

Yes

No

RDT and PCR positive

8 (53.3)

7 (46.7)

0.003

<0.001

Thick smear and PCR positive

5 (83.3)

1 (16.7)

PCR positive only

66 (90.4)

7 (9.6)

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Malaria Journal

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