Table 3.

Baseline and follow-up detection of malaria parasites

Sampling time	Diagnostic methods
	Microscopy		Malaria rapid test
	Number of patients	%	Number of patients	%	McNemar's test
Baseline					21.0 (p < 0.0001)
Positive	53a,b	29.9	76c,d	42.9
Range of parasitaemia (/µL)	9815–83,452
Mean axillary temperature	38.3 °C
Negative	124	70.1	101	52.5
Mean axillary temperature	37.1 °C
6 h re-sampling on baseline negative patients					4.1 (p = 0.041)
Positive	9	7.9	3	3.0
Range of parasitaemia (/µL)	1708–4416
Mean axillary temperature	37.7 °C
Negative	105	92.1	98	97.0
Mean axillary temperature	37.7 °C
Cumulative positive patients	62a	35.0	79c	44.6
12 h sampling on 12-h negative results					5.1 (p = 0.023)
Range of parasitaemia (/µL)	2205–7110
Positive	12	11.4	5	5.1
Mean axillary temperature	37.8 °C
Negative	93	88.6	93	94.9
Mean axillary temperature	37.6 °C
Cumulative positive patients	74b	41.8	84d	47.5
Total malaria negative samples	103	58.2	93	52.5

^ax² statistic 1.04, p = 0.307

^bx² statistic 5.42, p = 0.019

^cx² statistic 0.10, p = 0.748

^dx² statistic 0.73, p = 0.392