From: Assessment of subpatent Plasmodium infection in northwestern Ethiopia
Diagnostic methods | Species diagnosed | Number of positives | Percent positivity (95% CI) | Percent relative change from PCR |
---|---|---|---|---|
RDT (n = 2606) | P. falciparum (HRP2+) | 50 | 1.9 (1.5–2.5) | − 37.5 |
P. vivax/P. malariae/P. ovale (panLDH+) | 12 | 0.5 (0.3–0.8) | 0.0 | |
P. falciparum or mixed (HRP2 and panLDH+) | 11 | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | N/A | |
Total Plasmodium positive | 73 | 2.8 (2.2–3.5) | − 16.1 | |
Microscopy (n = 2605) | P. falciparum | 25 | 1.0 (0.6—1.4) | − 68.8 |
P. vivax | 4 | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | − 60.0 | |
Mixed P. falciparum + P. vivax | 2 | 0.08 (0.0–.03) | − 33.3 | |
Total Plasmodium positive | 31 | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) | − 64.4 | |
nPCR (n = 2608) | P. falciparum monoinfection | 80 | 3.1 (2.5–3.8) |  |
P. vivax monoinfection | 10 | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) |  | |
Mixed P. falciparum + P. vivax | 3 | 0.1 (0.0–0.4) |  | |
Mixed P. falciparum + P. malariae | 2 | 0.07 (0.0–0.3) |  | |
Total Plasmodium positive | 87 | 3.3 (2.7–4.1) |  |