Epidemiological and clinical assessment of a shared territorial malaria guideline in the 10 years of its implementation (Barcelona, North Metropolitan Area, Catalonia, Spain, 2007–2016)

Table 3 Parasitaemia (%) according to species and performance of the antigen-immunochromatographic test (n = 124)

Parasitaemia	<1%	1-4%	>4%	Total
P. falciparum ^a
Antigenic rapid test+ (%)	35 (81.4)	40 (95.2)	6 (100)	81 (89.2)
Antigenic rapid test− (%)	8 (19.6)	2 (4.8)	0 (0)	10 (10.8)
P. vivax
Antigenic rapid test + (%)	13 (76.5)	14 (93.3)	1 (100)	28 (84.8)
Antigenic rapid test− (%)	4 (24.4)	1 (6.7)	0 (0)	5 (15.2)
Total
Antigenic rapid test+ (%)	48 (80)	54 (94.7)	7 (100)	109 (87.9)
Antigenic rapid test− (%)	12 (20)^b	3 (6.3)	0 (0)	15 (12.1)

^aCo-infections: P. falciparum + P. ovale = 3 cases 1–4%, 1 case > 4%; P. falciparum + P. malariae = 1 case 1–4%
^bp = 0.01 when comparing number of <1% false negatives (20.2%) vs ≥1% (6.7%)

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