Table 1. Results of the diagnosis of Plasmodium species using the SD BIOLINE Malaria Ag Pf/pan (05FK60) test in comparison with the microscopic examination, Southern Ethiopia, 2014-2015.

Microscopy result	No. of samples	SD BIOLINE Malaria Ag Pf/pan (05FK60)
		Control band only	Pf band only	Pan band only	Pf and pan band
No parasites seen	102	100	2	0	0
P. falciparum only	187	1	66	0	120
P. vivax only	81	6	0	74	1
Mixed Pf and Pv	4	0	0	0	4
Total	374	170	68	74	125

Pf: P. falciparum, Pv: P. vivax