Assessing the Performance of CareStart™ Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Prevalence of malaria by CareStart™ RDT and blood film microscopy in Bahir Dar Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia, from January to May 2020.

Result	Diagnostic methods		Combined result
	Care Start™	Microscopy
P. falciparum	10 (3.9%)	11 (4.3%)	12 (4.7%)
P. vivax	32 (12.5%)	30 (11.7%)	32 (12.5%)
Mixed infection	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)
Total positive	44 (17.1%)	44 (17.1%)	47 (18.3%)
Negative	213 (82.9%)	213 (82.9%)	210 (81.7%)