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

Table 5

Prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria infection among HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant women.

	HIV-positive (n = 26)			HIV-negative (n = 201)
	TFM (%)	RDT (%)	PCR (%)	TFM (%)	RDT (%)	PCR (%)
Symptomatic malaria infection	0 (0.00)	1 (3.85)	1 (3.85)	1 (0.50)	10 (4.98)	16 (7.96)
Asymptomatic malaria infection	2 (7.69)	13 (50.00)	12 (46.15)	6 (2.99)	37 (18.41)	83 (41.29)
Total	2 (7.69)	14 (53.85)	13 (50.00)	7 (3.48)	47 (23.38)	99 (49.25)
value	0.595	0.580	0.539	0.846	0.037	0.083