Malaria epidemiology in Kobeni department, southeastern Mauritania from 2015 to 2017

Table 2 Proportions of malaria-positive tests by diagnostic methods among febrile patients consulting at Kobeni health centre in Hodh Elgharbi region, south-eastern Mauritania, during 2015–2017^a

^aResults are expressed as the number of malaria-positive samples and the proportions of malaria species among 1146/2326 (49.3%) samples that were positive by microscopic examination and 1361/2281 (59.7%) samples that were positive by PCR
^bPCR was not performed in 45 febrile patients due to the absence of dried blood spots. RDT was positive for P. falciparum, with or without other Plasmodium spp., in 1232/2326 (53.0%)

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