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

Figure 4

Site-specific sensitivity and specificity of microscopy. A bar graph representing the specificity and sensitivity of the P. falciparum-specific microscopy results relative to P. falciparum-specific PCR. PCR neg, sample tested negative for P. falciparum by PCR; PCR pos, sample tested positive for P. falciparum by PCR; micro neg, sample that did not contain P. falciparum by microscopy; micro pos, sample that tested positive for P. falciparum by microscopy. The data in the table represent exact counts.