CRP and malaria: When using the ROC suggested cut-off values for CRP and PCT, the sensitivity, specificity, and AUC among patients >5 years old with and without malaria were 75.8% (95%CI 63.6–85.5), 72.7% (60.4–83.0) and 0.74 (0.67–0.82) for CRP and respectively 80.3% (68.7–89.1), 36.4% (24.9–49.1) with an AUC 0.58 (0.51–0.66) for PCT.