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| Diagnosis method | N | Positive microscopy, % (95% CI) | Positive PCR, % (95% CI) | Prevalence of infection | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pf | Pm | Po | Pv | Pf+Pm | Pf+Po | Pm+Po | Pf+Pm+Po | Pf gametocyte | ||||
| Microscopy | 10431 | 19.9 (19.1–20.7) | 1913 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 211 | |
| PCR | 10430 | 37.1 (36.2–38.0) | 2489 | 133 | 71 | 0 | 760 | 147 | 7 | 262 | ||
N = total number of participants; Pf: P. falciparum; Pm: P. malariae; Po: P. ovale; Pv: P. vivax; CI = confidence interval.
