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Four scenarios were tested: microscopy, rapid diagnosis test + microscopy combination, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) + microscopy combination, all identified as the control tests, and haematology analyser XN-31 + microscopy combination, identified as the intervention. The direct costs were calculated based on prices paid in France for material and consumables needed to perform malaria diagnosis for one sample among 1000 tests per year. The indirect cost of technical training, supervision and quality proficiency was calculated based on the hourly salary of the laboratory technician, junior and senior doctors according to the time needed for each scenario.  FINDINGS  This approach provides a global approach for determining the cost-effectiveness of the most frequent scenarios for diagnosing malaria. The diagnosis accuracy and the short time-to-result of the haematology analyser combined with microscopy were the key points of the cost-effectiveness result.  MAIN CONCLUSION  The generalisability of our findings is restricted by the specificity of the costs observed in France and the limited panel of methods tested. 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