Table 1.

Prevalence of pfhrp2− and pfhrp3− parasites in samples collected from February to May 2015

	pfhrp2−/pfhrp3−	pfhrp2−/pfhrp3+	pfhrp2+/pfhrp3−	pfhrp2+/pfhrp3+
Accra (179)	3.9 % (7)	14 % (25)	16.2 % (29)	65.9 % (118)
Cape Coast (109)	27.5 % (30)	12.8 % (14)	17 % (19)	42 % (46)

pfhrp2− no product obtained after pfhrp2 exon 2 PCR, pfhrp3− no product obtained after pfhrp3 exon 2 PCR, pfhrp2+ a product was obtained after pfhrp2 exon 2 PCR, pfhrp3+ a product was obtained after pfhrp3 exon 2 PCR. Frequency of occurrence is stated in parenthesis alongside prevalence expressed as a percent of the total population of 179 in Accra and 109 in Cape Coast