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

Table 2

Parasite prevalence.

	Presby (66)	St. Lawrence (100)	Ewim (82)	Ntranoa (70)	Kuful (90)	Simiw (120)	Total (528)
Microscopy
Pf	0	4	3	5	6	35	53
Pm			1			2	3
RDT	3	11	4	9	18	67	112
PCR
Pf	3	0	0	8	24	105	140
Pm	0	0	0	2	5	0	7

RDT, HRP2-based rapid diagnostic test kit; Pf, P. falciparum detected by PCR; Pm, P. malariae detected by PCR. The numbers in the table represent the number of samples that tested positive for each test.