Fig. 4From: The shape of the iceberg: quantification of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia and gametocytaemia in five low endemic settings in EthiopiaAssociation between parasite density and gametocyte density. The association between P. falciparum total parasite density versus gametocyte density (a) and P. vivax total parasite density versus gametocyte density (b). P. falciparum qRT-PCR gametocyte density was positively associated with P. falciparum qPCR parasite density (Spearman correlation coefficient 0.83, p = 0.010). P. vivax qRT-PCR gametocyte density was positively associated with P. vivax qPCR parasite density (Spearman correlation coefficient 0.58, p = 0.010)Back to article page