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Table 1 Prevalence of Plasmodium spp.

From: Accuracy of a rapid diagnosis test, microscopy and loop-mediated isothermal amplification in the detection of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections in Korhogo, Northern Côte d’Ivoire

Diagnostic approach

N

Plasmodium spp.

Plasmodium falciparum

Non-falciparum

No. of infected

%

(95% CI)

No. of infected

%

(95% CI)

No. of infected

%

(95% CI)

HRP-2-RDTs

1011

41

4.0 (2.8–5.3)

41

100

ND

ND

Microscopy

1011

53

5.2 (3.9–6.6)

53

100

0

0

LAMP

1011

190

18.8 (16.4–21.2)

156

82.1 (76.6–87.6)

34

17.9 (12.4–23.4)

  1. HRP-2-RDTs histidine-rich protein 2 based rapid diagnostic tests, LAMP loop-mediated isothermal amplification, N number of samples examined, No number, CI confidence interval, ND not determined