Figure 1.
(BS = blood smear, FP = filter paper, PCR = polymerase chain reaction.).
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
Table 2.
Distribution of P. falciparum positive rapid diagnostic test (RDT), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and blood smear (BS) microscopy results as well as microscopy determined parasite density across age groups.
Table 3.
Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value against polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and blood smear (BS) microscopy.
Table 4.
Prescription of anti-malarial medicines, antibiotics and antipyretics by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) result and age group.