Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Microscopy, SD-Bioline Rapid Diagnostic Test, and Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of Malaria Infection among Pregnant Women at Delivery in Kumba Health District Area in the Southwest Region of Cameroon

Figure 5

Relationship between parasitemia and the sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine dosages taken before delivery. The diagram shows the mean ± SD parasitemia level between the three different groups. There was no statistical difference ( > 0.515) in the parasitemia level across the three different doses of SP taken, between those who took a single dose and 2 doses ( > 0.999), and between those who took two doses and those who took ≥3 doses ( > 0.366) of sp.