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Table 3 Comparison of the results of Determine malaria Pf and microscopic examination for malaria for 191 children with enlarged spleen.

From: An assessment of the usefulness of a rapid immuno-chromatographic test, "Determine™ malaria pf" in evaluation of intervention measures in forest villages of central India

Microscopy Result

Results of Determine Test

 

P. falciparum

Negative

Totals

P. falciparum, asexual ± sexuala

80

8

88

P. vivax, asexual ± sexual

2

5

7

P. falciparum, ± sexual only

8

6

14

Negative

11

71

82

Total

101

90

191

  1. a asexual ± sexual; asexual stages with or without sexual stage parasites.