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Table 2 Results diagnostic tests in mothers and newborns, Kirundo and Mukenke district hospitals, Burundi (March–April 2014)

From: Prevalence and diagnostics of congenital malaria in rural Burundi, a cross-sectional study

Mothers

N

Positive N (%)

Rapid diagnostic test

 SD bioline HRPII

286

85 (30)

 Carestart pan-pLDH

204

23 (11)

Microscopy

285

44 (15)

Newborns

N

Positive N (%)

Rapid diagnostic test

 SD bioline HRPII

294

2 (0.7)

 Carestart pan-pLDH

210

0

Microscopy

296

0

RT-PCR

303

0

  1. SD standard diagnostics, HRPII histidine rich protein, pLDH parasite lactate dehydrogenase, RT-PCR real-time polymerase chain reaction