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Table 2 Plasmodium species in patients included in the RDT performance analysis by study site

From: Performance and time to become negative after treatment of three malaria rapid diagnostic tests in low and high malaria transmission settings

 

Mbarara

Kazo

n

%

n

%

Total patients positive (any Plasmodium species)

285

100.0

306

100.0

P. falciparum mono-infection

260

91.2

233

76.1

Mixed P. falciparum infection

7

2.5

30

9.8

Other non-P. falciparum mono-infections

18

6.3

43

14.1

 P. vivax mono-infection

2

0.7

1

0.3

 P. ovale mono-infection

4

1.4

10

3.3

 P. malariae mono-infection

12

4.2

32

10.5