sentences:  In many endemic areas of tropical Africa, however, the quantitative assessment of parasitaemia is important, as a large percentage of the population will test positive in any qualitative assay.Malaria is a curable disease if the patients have access to early diagnosis and prompt treatment.Antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have an important role at the periphery of health services capability because many rural clinics do not have the ability to diagnose malaria on-site due to a lack of microscopes and trained technicians to evaluate blood films.