Table 2.
Comparison of Care Start™ malaria RDT with microscopy for the identification of malaria species, Arba Minch, 2015.
| Malaria species seen by microscopy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaria species detected by RDT | P. falciparum | P. vivax | Mixed | Total | |
| P. falciparum | 31 | 3 | 0 | 34 | |
| P. vivax | 3 | 20 | 1 | 24 | |
| Mixed | 13 | 0 | 5 | 18 | |
| Total | 47 | 23 | 6 | 76 | |