Research Article
Prevalence of Asymptomatic Malaria among Children in the Tamale Metropolis: How Does the PfHRP2 CareStart™ RDT Perform against Microscopy?
Table 1
Distribution of malaria prevalence in the study population according to age and gender.
| | Parameter | RDT n (%) | Microscopy n (%) | Total n (%) | | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative |
| | Age range | <5 | 4 (12.9) | 27 (87.1) | 2 (6.5) | 29 (93.5) | 31 (9.0) | | 5–10 | 11 (5.3) | 196 (94.7) | 2 (1.0) | 205 (99.0) | 207 (60.0) | | >10 | 11 (10.3) | 96 (89.7) | 5 (4.7) | 102 (95.3) | 107 (31.0) |
| | Gender | Male | 14 (10.2) | 123 (89.8) | 0 (0.0) | 137 (100) | 137 (39.7) | | Female | 12 (5.8) | 196 (94.2) | 9 (4.3) | 199 (95.7) | 208 (60.3) |
| | Total | 26 (7.5) | 319 (92.5) | 9 (2.6) | 336 (97.4) | 345 (100) |
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