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Table 3 Concordance of diagnostic results between microscopy and RDT, and confirmation by qPCR targeting Plasmodium falciparum 18S rRNA

From: No evidence of false-negative Plasmodium falciparum rapid diagnostic results in Monrovia, Liberia

	All				Non-pregnant				Pregnant
	Microscopy				Microscopy				Microscopy
	Neg		Pos		Neg		Pos		Neg		Pos
	n = 831		n = 207		n = 751		n = 200		n = 80		n = 7
RDT	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Neg	825	99	22	11	745	99	20	10	80	100	2	29
Pos	6	1	185	89	6	1	180	90	0	0	5	71

	PCR results				PCR results				PCR results
	Neg		Pos		Neg		Pos		Neg		Pos
	n = 235		n = 86		n = 185		n = 77		n = 50		n = 9
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
RDT−/MIC−	210	89	14	16	161	87	9	12	49	98	5	56
RDT−/MIC+	16	7	0	0	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
RDT+/MIC−	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	0
RDT+/MIC+	6	3	70	81	5	3	66	86	1	2	4	44

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