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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of analyzed samples based on microscopy diagnosis

From: Comparison of rapid diagnostic test Plasmotec Malaria-3, microscopy, and quantitative real-time PCR for diagnoses of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections in Mimika Regency, Papua, Indonesia

Male

302/415 (72.8%)

Mean age in years (range)

28.9 years (6 months–76 years)

Temperature ≥37.5°C or ‘fever’

197/398 (49.5%)

Mean Plasmodium falciparum parasite/μl blood (range)

11,388 (40–68,040)

 1-100/μl

5/88 (5.7%)

 101-1,000/μl

18/88 (20.5%)

 1,001-10,000/μl

34/88 (38.6%)

 10,001-100,000/μl

31/88 (35.2%)

Mean Plasmodium vivax parasite/μl blood (range)

3,143 (40–27,000)

 1-100/μl

14/85 (16.5%)

 101-1,000/μl

25/85 (29.4%)

 1,001-10,000/μl

42/85 (49.4%)

 10,001-100,000/μl

4/85 (4.7%)

  1. Positive samples were divided between P. falciparum and P. vivax infections, and those with mixed species infections were counted separately as P. falciparum and P. vivax.