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. 2020 Jun 22;53:e20190274. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0274-2019

TABLE 3: RDT sensitivity according to parasitemia.

RDT sensitivity
Parasite density Vikia Malaria Meriline-Meriscreen (*) Right Sign Malaria Right Sign
(in p/μL) Pf/Pan, % Pf/Pv/Pan, % Pf/Pan, % Malaria Pf, %
1-500 (n = 6) 83.3 100.0 83.3 83.3
501-1000 (n = 10) 90.0 87.5 90.0 100.0
1001-5000 (n = 31) 93.5 87.1 93.5 93.5
5001-50000 (n = 48) 100.0 93.7 100.0 100.0
> 50000 (n = 25) 100.0 100.0 96.0 100.0

(*) Meriline-Meriscreen Pf/Pv/Pan displayed invalid results according to the parasites density, the percentage varied between 6.2% and 33.3%.