Table 3.

Stratification by parasite density in thick blood smear and correlation with rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and stevor PCR.

	Parasite count range
	0	1–100	101–1000	>1000
No. observed	109	10	81	17
Mean parasite count/µL (range)	0	91 (41.6–100)	408 (110–948)	8,101 (1,050–81,600)
No. positive for clinical	109 (100%)	10 (100%)	81 (100%)	17 (100%)
No. negative for clinical	0	0	0	0
No. positive for RDT	22 (20.2%)	2 (20.0%)	47 (58.0%)	12 (70.6%)
No. negative for RDT	87 (79.8%)	8 (80.0%)	34 (42.0%)	4 (23.5%)
No. positive for PCR	29 (26.6%)	8 (80.0%)	73 (90.1%)	13 (76.5)
No. negative for PCR	80 (73.4%)	2 (20.0)	8 (9.9%)	4 (25.5%)