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Table 1 WHO competence levels and criteria

From: Quality assessment of malaria microscopic diagnosis at the Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital of Dakar, Senegal, in 2020

Competence level

Parasite detection (%)

Species identification (%)

Parasite density within 25% of the true count (%)

1

90–100

90–100

50–100

2

80–89

80–89

40–49

3

70–79

70–79

30–39

4

0–69

0–69

0–29