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Using dried blood spots (DBS) collected among 319 schoolchildren in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, we found good correlation (Pearson\u2019s <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic> = 0.995) between <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic> parasite densities detected by a DNA-based 18s rRNA real-time PCR (qPCR) and an RNA-based ultrasensitive reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR (usPCR) for the same target. Whereas prevalence by usPCR was higher than that found by qPCR (37% versus 32%), the proportion of additionally detected low-density infections (median parasite density &lt; 0.050 parasites\/\u00b5L) represented an incremental increase. 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