Tabulation of PCR results. Distribution of participants grouped in function of increasing sum of PCR positive results obtained with their sample in the 8 PCR tests that were performed and proportion of parasitologically confirmed cases in each group.

Sum PCR pos: Sum of positive PCR tests per sample; GE-buffer: guanidine hydrochloride EDTA buffer; INRB = Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale; ITM = Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp; A and B = replicates A and B on the same sample; Participants: number of participants per group; Paras = parasitologically confirmed sample.