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Table 1 Results of malaria testing

From: Use of real-time multiplex PCR, malaria rapid diagnostic test and microscopy to investigate the prevalence of Plasmodium species among febrile hospital patients in Sierra Leone

Assay

Number of samples tested

Positive samples (percent of total)

MMSR

 Any Plasmodium marker

526

264 (50.2%)

 Plasmodium spp.

204 (38.8%)

 P. falciparum

256 (48.7%)

 P. vivax

0 (0%)

SD bioline RDT

 Any Plasmodium marker

524

129 (24.6%)

 Plasmodium spp.

29 (5.5%)

 P. falciparum

129 (24.6%)

Microscopy (thick smears)

523

67 (12.8%)