Table 3 |
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Proportion of children with continued false-positive (FP) RDTs, stratified by day-0 parasite density |
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| Parasite density (× 103), Day 0 |
Day 7 % FP (95% CI) |
Day 14 % FP (95% CI) |
Day 21 % FP (95% CI) |
Day 28 % FP (95% CI) |
Day 35 % FP* (95% CI) |
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| 50–200 (n = 30) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
77.3 (17/22) |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
(54.6–92.2) |
|
| 20–50 (n = 42) |
100 |
100 |
97.6 (41/42) |
97.6 (41/42) |
79.2 (19/24) |
| - |
- |
(87.4–99.9) |
(87.4–99.9) |
(57.8–92.9) |
|
| 10–20 (n = 22) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
90.9 (20/22) |
71.4 (10/14) |
| - |
- |
- |
(70.9–98.9) |
(46.2–95.0) |
|
| 2–10 (n = 18) |
94.4 (17/18) |
88.9 (16/18) |
72.2 (13/18) |
66.7 (12/18) |
50.0 (4/8) |
| (72.7–99.9) |
(65.3–98.6) |
(46.5–90.3) |
(41.0–86.7) |
(15.7–84.3) |
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| Total |
99.1 (111/112) |
98.2 (110/112) |
94.6 (106/112) |
92.0 (103/112) |
73.5 (50/68) |
| (95.1–100) |
(93.7–99.8) |
(88.7–98.0) |
(85.3–96.3) |
(61.4–83.5) |
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*44 children were not able to complete a day-28 clinic visit after forced evacuation of the study team due to political insecurity in the region. |
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Swarthout et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:58 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-58 |
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