Research Article
Comparative Performance Evaluation of Routine Malaria Diagnosis at Ho Municipal Hospital
Table 4
Dose response threshold for rapid and presumptive diagnostic tests stratification by parasite density in thick blood smear.
| | Parameter | Parasitic count (count/μl) | | 1–100 | 101–1000 | ≥1000 |
| | Field microscopy | | | | | Positive | 1 | 4 | 19 | | Rapid Diagnostic Test | | | | | Positive | 1 (100) | 3 (75.00) | 11 (57.89) | | Negative | 0 (0.00) | 1 (25.00) | 8 (42.11) | | Presumptive diagnosis | | | | | Positive | 0 (0.00) | 4 (100) | 13 (68.42) | | Negative | 1 (100) | 0 (0.00) | 6 (31.58) |
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Data is presented as figures and percentages.
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