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 |