Table 2. Number of positive parasite carriers by Plasmodium species according to diagnostic method, French Guiana, 2013–2014.
| Test |
No. (%) single infections, n = 73 | No. (%) mixed P. falciparum/P. vivax infections, n = 26 |
No. (%) total infections, n = 99 |
% Prevalence/ test, N = 205 |
| P. falciparum, n = 44 | P. vivax, n = 29 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDT* | 23 (52.3) | 8 (27.6) | 8 (30.8) | 40 (40.4) | 19.5 |
| Thin blood film | 16 (36.4) | 10 (34.5) | 6 (23.1) | 32 (32.3) | 15.6 |
| RDT and thin blood film | 14 (31.8) | 8 (27.6) | 4 (15.4) | 26 (26.3) | 12.7 |
| Cumulative RDT/thin blood film | 25 (56.8) | 10 (34.5) | 10 (38.5) | 46 (46.5) | 22.4 |
| PCR | 42 (95.5) | 28 (96.6) | 26 (100.0) | 96 (97.0)† | 46.8† |
*Malaria rapid diagnostic test: SD Bioline Ag Pf/pan (Standard Diagnostics, Inc., Giheung-gu, South Korea). †In 3 cases (2 P. falciparum infections, 1 P. vivax infection) PCR results were negative, but results of thin blood films were positive.