Table 2 |
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Performance of Hexagon Malaria Combi™ rapid test relative to microscopy of different Plasmodium species at different parasite densities. |
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| P. falciparum only |
Non-falciparum species |
Mixed infections with P. falciparum |
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| Parasite density |
Number positive by microscopy |
Number positive by rapid test (%) |
Number positive by microscopy |
Number positive by Rapid test (%) |
Number positive by microscopy |
Number positive by rapid test (%) |
|
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| <500 |
4 |
2 (50) |
1 |
0 (0) |
2 |
1 (50) |
| 501–5,000 |
13 |
10 (76.9) |
3 |
2 (66.7) |
6 |
4 (66.7) |
| >5,000 |
23 |
23 (100) |
6 |
6 (100) |
17 |
16 (94.1) |
| Total |
40 |
35 (87) |
10 |
8 (80) |
25 |
21 (84) |
|
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Wanji et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:89 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-89 |
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