Table 1.

Comparison of pfhrp2 polymerase chain reaction and Plasmodium falciparum ligase detection reaction–fluorescent microsphere assay

	P. falciparum+	P. falciparum−	Total
pfhrp2+	109	11*	120
pfhrp2−	16†	33	49
Total	125	44	169

pfhrp2 = P. falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 gene.

^*1, microscopy⁺; 10, microscopy⁻.

^†2, microscopy⁺; 14, microscopy⁻.