Large Variations in Malaria Parasite Carriage by Afebrile School Children Living in Nearby Communities in the Central Region of Ghana

Figure 3

Site-specific sensitivity and specificity of the RDT. A bar graph representing the specificity and sensitivity of the RDT results relative to P. falciparum PCR. PCR neg, sample tested negative by PCR; PCR pos, sample tested positive by PCR; RDT neg, sample tested negative by rapid diagnostic test (HRP2); RDT pos, sample tested positive by rapid diagnostic test (HRP2); PCR, polymerase chain reaction. The data in the table represent exact counts.