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Table 5 Performance of One Step Malaria Pf/Pv Tri-line and Pf RDTs mRDT based on range of parasite density categorized by blood smears results and confirmed by qPCR

From: Field evaluation of the novel One Step Malaria Pf and Pf/Pv rapid diagnostic tests and the proportion of HRP-2 gene deletion identified on samples collected in the Pwani region, Tanzania

Parasite density

Pf/Pv MRDT

Pf MRDT

# of Pos

Agreement %

Ref

Discrepancy

# of Pos

Agreement %

Ref

Discrepancy

< 10p/ul

0

100

0

0

0

100

0

2

11–50p/ul

3

75

4

1

2

50

4

6

51–100p/l

6

50

12

6

6

50

12

4

101–200p/ul

13

76.5

17

4

12

76.5

17

4

200–2000p/ul

65

94.2

69

4

65

94.2

69

2

> 2000p/ul

273

99.6

274

1

272

99.3

274

 

Grand total

360

 

376

16

358

 

376

18