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From: A cross-sectional study to ascertain malaria prevalence among asymptomatic travellers arriving on the Lihir Group of Islands, Papua New Guinea: implications for elimination efforts

Fig. 3

Results and accuracy of the malaria diagnostic tests in both cohorts of travellers. Legend: tests’ accuracy was calculated using qPCR as the reference test. PPV (positive predictive value) and NPV (negative predictive value) were calculated using the described prevalence in each cohort as the pre-test probability. *: DNA extraction was possible in 396 of the 398 blood spots collected; *2: although same number of positive samples by microscopy, they were not the same samples

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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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