Table 3.
Time of detection of malaria infections by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and light microscopy (LM).
| Time of Detection of Malaria Infections by qPCR | Time of Detection of Malaria Infections by the Local Strategy Using LM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same Visit | Next Visit (10-days Later) | After 2 Visits (20-days Later) | After 3 Visits (30-days Later) | Non Detected | Total | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | N | ||
| Overall | |||||||
| 1st visit | 22 (12.1) | 9 (4.9) | 5 (2.7) | 8 (4.4) | 138 (75.8) | 182 | |
| 2nd visit | 10 (9.9) | 6 (5.9) | 4 (4.0) | ND | 81 (80.2) | 101 | |
| 3rd visit | 22 (23.7) | 4 (4.3) | ND | ND | 67 (72.0) | 93 | |
| 4th visit | 13 (17.3) | ND | ND | ND | 62 (82.7) | 75 | |
| Total | 67 (14.9) | 19 (4.2) | 9 (2.0) | 8 (1.8) | 348 (77.2) | 451 | |
| P. vivax | |||||||
| 1st visit | 20 (14.5) | 9 (6.5) | 4 (2.9) | 7 (5.1) | 98 (71.0) | 138 | |
| 2nd visit | 10 (12.8) | 6 (7.7) | 4 (5.1) | ND | 58 (74.4) | 78 | |
| 3rd visit | 22 (26.5) | 4 (4.8) | ND | ND | 57 (68.7) | 83 | |
| 4th visit | 13 (21.3) | ND | ND | ND | 48 (78.7) | 61 | |
| Total | 65 (18.1) | 19 (5.3) | 8 (2.2) | 7 (1.9) | 261 (72.5) | 360 | |
| P. falciparum | |||||||
| 1st visit | 2 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 27 (90.0) | 30 | |
| 2nd visit | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ND | 17 (100.0) | 17 | |
| 3rd visit | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ND | ND | 8 (100.0) | 8 | |
| 4th visit | 0 (0) | ND | ND | ND | 14 (100.0) | 14 | |
| Total | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 66 (95.7) | 69 | |
| Co-infection * | |||||||
| 1st visit | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (7.1) | 13 (92.9) | 14 | |
| 2nd visit | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ND | 6 (100.0) | 6 | |
| 3rd visit | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ND | ND | 2 (100.0) | 2 | |
| 4th visit | 0 (0) | ND | ND | ND | 0 (0) | 0 | |
| Total | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.5) | 21 (95.5) | 22 | |
* P. vivax-P. falciparum. ND: no data.