Seasonal performance of a malaria rapid diagnosis test at community health clinics in a malaria-hyperendemic region of Burkina Faso

Table 6 Malaria asexual parasite density and distribution of RDT false negative results, by season

Parasite threshold (parasites/μl of blood)	Low malaria transmission season (N = 119)		High malaria transmission season (N = 100)
Parasite threshold (parasites/μl of blood)	N	Frequency (%)	N	Frequency (%)
[0–100]	26	21.8	20	20
[100–500]	45	37.8	30	30
[500–1,000]	18	15.1	19	19
[1,000-5,000]	19	15.9	18	18
[5,000-10,000[	11	09.2	13	13

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