Table 2.
Concordance among three different diagnostic methods for detecting P. falciparum positivity
Patterns of test positivity by three diagnostic methods | |||
---|---|---|---|
18S rRNA qPCR (N pos= 86) | RDT (N pos= 36) | LM (N pos= 13) | total positive samples N = 98 |
+ | - | - | 57 |
+ | + | - | 18 |
- | + | - | 10 |
+ | + | + | 8 |
+ | - | + | 3 |
- | - | + | 2 |