Analysis where that criteria was applied | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | ||
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Meta-analysis and subgroup analysis | Meta-analysis (quantitative-synthesis) | Qualitative description | Original articles written in English Published and peer-reviewed articles between January 2010 and April 2020 Addressed the status of pfhrp2, pfhrp3 and/or pfhrp2/3 deletions | It had been written in language different to English Published before 2010 Field isolates were not included Major bias had been detected |
 | Primary data on pfhrp2/3 deletion Molecular methodologies to detect deletions Quality of Cross-sectional study score ≥ 5 according to The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) (Munn Z, 2017) Sample size of ≥ 30 | Year of samples had not been reported Data from more than 3 years are combined | ||
 |  | Placed in Sub-Saharan Africa It included malaria samples from population with different ages, not only children |  |