. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 17.

Published in final edited form as: J Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 18;221(5):786–795. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz525

Table 2.

Polymerase Chain Reaction Positivity and Estimated Parasite Density by Rapid Diagnostic Test Result

RDT Result by Site	Plasmodium falciparum DNA Positive, %	Estimated Parasite Density of DNA Positives, Parasites/μL
Artibonite
cRDT
Positive	88.4	511.4
Negative	4.5	6.7
hsRDT
Positive	85.4	463.2
Negative	3.3	10.3
Grand Anse
cRDT
Positive	84.0	1009.9
Negative	6.6	15.7
hsRDT
Positive	81.6	998.1
Negative	5.6	15.6

Abbreviations: cRDT, conventional rapid diagnostic test; hsRDT, high-sensitivity rapid diagnostic test; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.