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Table 3 Parasite prevalence by RDT, microscopy and PCR

From: Probing the composition of Plasmodium species contained in malaria infections in the Eastern region of Ghana

 

OB (122)

TB (132)

OK (94)

AK (117)

AW (134)

AM (76)

YB (54)

Total (729)

PCR Positive (%)

87 (71.3)

74 (56.1)

62 (66.0)

81 (69.2)

91 (67.9)

46 (60.5)

40 (74.1)

481 (66.0)

 < 5 yrs. (%)

8/12 (66.7)

4/14 (28.6)

5/7 (71.4)

12/17 (70.6)

5/11 (45.5)

5/11 (45.5)

4/7 (57.1)

43/79 (54.4)

 5–9 yrs. (%)

19/25 (76)

17/20 (85)

12/17 (70.6)

14/16 (87.5)

22/27 (81.5)

8/9 (88.9)

8/9 (88.9)

100/123 (81.3)

 10–14 yrs. (%)

19/21 (90.5)

23/24 (95.8)

15/19 (78.9)

12/14 (85.7)

21/ 23 (91.3)

2/3 (66.7)

7/8 (87.5)

99/112 (88.4)

 15–19 yrs. (%)

7/9 (77.8)

3/9 (33.3)

6/8 (75)

5/5 (100)

10/12 (83.3)

0/0

3/3 (100)

34/46 (73.9)

 ≥20 yrs. (%)

34/55 (61.8)

27/65 (41.5)

24/43 (55.8)

38/65 (58.5)

33/61 (54.1)

31/53 (58.3)

18/27(66.7)

205/369 (55.6)

Microscopy

 Positive (%)

42 (34.4)

48 (36.4)

38 (40.4)

37 (31.6)

38 (28.4)

19 (25.0)

11 (20.4)

233 (32.0)

 Mono Pf

36 (29.5)

33 (25.0)

33 (35.1)

30 (25.6)

35 (26.1)

19 (25.0)

6 (11.1)

192 (26.3)

 Mono Pm

6 (4.9)

15 (11.4)

6 (6.4)

8 (6.8)

3 (2.2)

0 (0)

5 (9.3)

43 (5.9)

 Mono Po

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Multispecies (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1.1)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (0.3)

 Febrile (≥37.5 °C)

2 (1.6)

4 (3.0)

2 (2.1)

10 (8.5)

2 (1.5)

5 (6.6)

0 (0)

25 (3.4)

 PD (p/μl) Mean (SEM)

1685 (622.3)

2251 (1425)

3724 (2519)

3067 (979.7)

2575 (1043)

6322 (5955)

11,723 (7631)

3349 (823.6)

  PD (p/μl) Min - max

14–17,359

16–68,000

15–95,556

16–23,360

15–31,849

4–113,462

16–68,000

4–113,462

 RDT (%)

50 (41.0)

46 (34.8)

36 (38.3)

32 (27.6)

44 (32.8)

18 (23.7)

15 (28.9)

241 (33.1)

  1. OB Obosono, TB Towoboase, OK Okomfo, AK Akwensu, AW Awensu, AM Amokope, YB Yaw Boadi, RDT PfHRP2 based malaria rapid diagnostic test positive samples, PD parasite density per μl blood, min minimum, max maximum, Mono single species infection, Febrile, axillary temperature (≥37.5 °C). PCR positive and microscopy positive samples include all Plasmodium species