Table 2.

Characteristics of individuals with subpatent parasitemia (RDT negative but PCR positive) and those with patent parasitemia

	RDT and PCR positive (N = 20)		RDT negative but PCR positive (N = 48)
	N	%	N	%	P value
Younger than 15 years	15	75	23	48	0.06
Male	8	40	28	58	0.19
Presence of fever on the day of the visit	6	30	2	4.2	0.01
Presence of malaria-specific symptoms	9	45	7	15	0.01
Gametocytes by RT-PCR	10	50	13	27	0.09

PCR = polymerase chain reaction; RDT = rapid diagnostic test; RT-PCR = reverse transcriptase PCR.