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Table 3 Estimated proportions of pfhrp2 gene deletions among false negative cases using PfHRP2-based RDTs

From: Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 genes deletion in global settings (2010–2021): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

Year of Publication

Country

# confirmed PF, but Negative pfhrp2-based RDT

Number and proportion of pfhrp2-using crude analysis

Estimate (95% conf. interval) using meta-analysis

Bharti et al. [50]

2016

India

50

36 (72.00)

37.73 (17.01–58.44)

Parr et al. [36]

2016

Congo

783

149 (19.00)

43.62 (15.57–71.66)

Kozycki et al. [41]

2017

Rwanda

140

48 (34.28)

41.87 (20.02–63.72)

Amoah et al. [39]

2016

Ghana

38

6 (15.80)

43.88 (22.45–65.31)

Gupta et al. [42]

2016

Mozambique

69

1 (1.40)

45.61 (22.73–68.48)

Kobayashi et al. [43]

2019

Zambia

36

3 (8.30)

44.75 (23.14–66.37)

Pati et al. [49]

2018

India

58

38 (65.50)

38.43 (17.55–59.31)

Funwei et al. [44]

2019

Nigeria

31

7 (22.60)

43.09 (21.82–64.36)

Iriart et al. [30]

2020

Djibouti

66

61 (92.42)

35.20 (19.24–51.16)

Alemayehu et al. [48]

2021

Ethiopia

86

69 (80.23)

36.71 (17.04–56.38)

Combined

All the above countries

1357

418 (30.80)

41.10 (21.13–61.07)