Prevalence and clinical impact of malaria infections detected with a highly sensitive HRP2 rapid diagnostic test in Beninese pregnant women

Table 1 Women’s classification according to qPCR, uRDT and cRDT positivity

Group^a	qPCR	uRDT	cRDT	Comment
1	Negative	Negative	Negative	Reference group
2	Positive	Negative	Negative	PCR positive infection
3	Positive or Negative	Positive	Negative	uRDT positive infection
4	Positive or Negative	Positive or Negative	Positive	cRDT positive infection

^aAt delivery, women were classified according to the highest group to which they belonged in either peripheral or placental blood; NB: specimens that were uRDT negative/cRDT positive (n = 2) were not classified in any of the groups

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