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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria by analysis

From: Impact of Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions on malaria control worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Analysis where that criteria was applied

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

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

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