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. 2015 May 17;14:205. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0731-2

Table 1.

Prevalence of malaria detected by RDT and LAMP

RDT LAMP
Overall prevalence (%; CI 95 %a) 0.5; 0.1-0.8 1.6; 1.1-2.2
19/3983 65/3983
Relative proportion positive in:
Only Panb (%; CI 95 %) 5.3; 0.0-16.4 35.4; 23.4-47.4
1/19 23/65
Pan + P. falciparum c (%; CI 95 %) 31.6; 8.5-54.6 64.6; 52.6-76.6
6/19 42/65
Only P. falciparum d (%; CI 95 %) 63.2; 39.2-87.1 NDe
12/19

Both RDT brands used for malaria screening are two-band RDTs detecting P. falciparum HRP2 and Pan-Plasmodium LDH simultaneously, although with different detection limits (50–100 parasites/μL for P. falciparum HRP2 and 200–500 parasites/μL for Pan-Plasmodium LDH). In contrast, only the Pan-LAMP positive samples were assessed for P. falciparum during the LAMP screening, with a detection limit of 2–5 parasites/μL for both Pan-Plasmodium and P. falciparum

aConfidence intervals for prevalences were calculated using the survey [svy] command in Stata, accounting for household and village sampling/stratification

bPositive for Plasmodium genus only

cPositive for Plasmodium and P. falciparum

dPositive for P. falciparum only

eND = not determined