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Table 4 Over all sensitivity of CareStart™ HRP2/PLDH Combo Test for the detection of Plasmodium species at different levels of parasitemia in North-Western Tigray, Ethiopia, December 2015 to March 2016

From: Performance comparison of CareStart™ HRP2/pLDH combo rapid malaria test with light microscopy in north-western Tigray, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

No of parasite/μl of blood)

Plasmodium species

Microscopy (n)

CareStart™ (n)

  

41

43

>4000

 

N

N

1001–4000

P.falciparum

4

3

P. vivax

5

6

501–1000

P.falciparum

7

8

P. vivax

6

5

100–500

P.falciparum

5

7

P. vivax

8

6

Mixed

5

5

<100

P. vivax

1

2

P.falciparum

0

1

  1. N none, n number, P. falciparum Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax Plasmodium vivax