Author | Study site | Year of study | Study design | Participants | Age | Male/female | Co-infections | All malaria cases | Test for malaria | Test for scrub typhus |
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Ahmad et al. [26] | India | 2012–2013 | Retrospective observational study | 233 febrile patients | NS | NS | 19 | 89 | NS | IgM ELISA |
Bal et al. [27] | India | 2017 | Cross-sectional study | 413 febrile patients |  < 15 years | 124:289 | 6 | 16 | RDT | IgM ELISA |
Behera et al. [28] | India | 2017 | Cross-sectional study | 432 adult (290) and pediatric patients (142) | All ages | NS | 4 | 13 | Microscopy, RDT | IgM ELISA, PCR |
Chanyasanha et al. [29] | Thailand | 1994 | Cross-sectional study | 200 malaria-positive patients |  > 15 years | 173:63 | 119 | 200 | NS | IFA |
Kotepui et al. [36] | Thailand | 2013–2015 | Retrospective observational study | 179 malaria-positive patients | All ages | 110:69 | 112 | 179 | Microscopy | RDT |
Mandage et al., 2020 [37] | India | 2017–2018 | Cross-sectional study | 66 malaria-positive patients | NS | NS | 5 | 66 | Microscopy, RDT, PCR | PCR |
McGready et al. [35] | Thailand | 2004–2006 | Cohort study | 203 febrile pregnant women | Adults | 0:203 | 2 | 51 | Microscopy | PCR |
Mittal et al. [38] | India | 2012–2013 | Retrospective observational study | 2547 febrile pregnant women | Adults | 0:2547 | 11 | 172 | Microscopy, RDT | IgM ELISA |
Mohanty et al. [30] | India | 2016–2018 | Retrospective observational study | 240 scrub-typhus-positive patients |  ≥ 18 years | 131:109 | 6 | 6 | Microscopy | IgM ELISA |
Mørch et al. [31] | India | 2011–2012 | Cross-sectional study | 1564 febrile patients |  ≥ 5 years | 895:632 | 8 | 268 | Microscopy, RDT, PCR | IgM ELISA, IFA |
Patil et al. [39] | India | 2018–2019 | Cross-sectional study | 200 febrile patients |  ≥ 13 years | 123:77 | 3 | 3 | Microscopy | Weil Felix test |
Raina et al. [32] | India | 2016 | Cohort study | 1164 febrile patients |  ≥ 18 years | NS | 2 | 9 | Microscopy | IgM ELISA |
Singh et al. [33] | India | 2013 | Retrospective observational study | 1141 febrile patients |  > 12 years | 618:523 | 1 | 158 | Microscopy, RDT | IgM ELISA |
Singhsilarak et al. [34] | Thailand | NS | Retrospective observational study | 194 malaria-positive patients | All ages | NS | 29 | 194 | Microscopy | IFA |