Table 4.

Distribution of malaria and the diagnostic efficiency of three diagnostic methods (N = 437)

Variable	Category	Total positivea n (%)	No. of cases with the following test results
			RDT + Microscopy + PCR+	RDT + Microscopy − PCR+	RDT + Microscopy + PCR−	RDT − microscopy + PCR+	RDT − microscopy + PCR−	RDT – microscopy − PCR+
Positive cases	n	103 (23.6)	35	9	11	1	2	45
Presence of fever	Yes	23 (22.4)	5	5	4	1	0	8
	No	80 (77.6)	30	4	7	0	2	37

Diagnostic efficiency of three diagnostic methods
Type of diagnostic methods	RDT	Microscopy	PCR
Diagnostic efficiency % (no of positives detected/total positives)	53.3% (55/103)	47.5% (49/103)	87.4% (91/103)

^aRDT positive with microscopy and PCR negative were considered as false positive and not included as a malaria positive case