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Comparing malaria rapid diagnostic test positivity with parasite count.
| Result mRDT | Results of microscopy | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | ++ | +++ | ++++ | Nil | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Negative | 30 | 85.3 | 6 | 54.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | - | 41 | 89.4 | 78 |
| Positive | 5 | 14.3 | 5 | 45.5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 100 | 5 | 10.9 | 20 |
| Total | 35 | - | 11 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 46 | - | 98 |
mRDT, malaria rapid diagnostic test.
