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Table 2 Clinical presentation and parasitological profile of the study participants

From: Diagnosis of malaria in pregnancy: accuracy of CareStart™ malaria Pf/PAN against light microscopy among symptomatic pregnant women at the Central Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Criterion

Number

Proportion in % (95% confidence interval)

Confirmed fever

83

79.8 (71.3–87.3)

Unconfirmed (history of) fever

21

20.2 (12.7–28.6)

Signs of severe malaria

64

61.5 (49.5–68.9)

Signs of other infection

14

13.5 (07.4–21.2)

Microscopy positivity

72

69.2 (59.1–77.5)

RDT positivity

81

77.9 (63.1–80.9)