Research Article

Assessing the Performance of CareStart™ Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Prevalence of malaria by CareStart™ RDT and blood film microscopy in Bahir Dar Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia, from January to May 2020.

ResultDiagnostic methodsCombined result
Care Start™Microscopy

P. falciparum10 (3.9%)11 (4.3%)12 (4.7%)
P. vivax32 (12.5%)30 (11.7%)32 (12.5%)
Mixed infection2 (0.8%)3 (1.2%)3 (1.2%)
Total positive44 (17.1%)44 (17.1%)47 (18.3%)
Negative213 (82.9%)213 (82.9%)210 (81.7%)