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Table 3.

Comparison among microscopy, nested PCR, and multiplex LAMP-LF for the malaria patients’ samples collected from Hospital Kapit, Sarawak.

Samples		Microscopy	Nested PCR	Multiplex LAMP-LF
P. knowlesi	Positive	31 + ^β1	^#1 + *1 + 31	*1 + ^β1 + 31
P. knowlesi	Negative	0	0	0
P. falciparum	Positive	*1 + 2	2	2
P. falciparum	Negative	0	0	0
P. vivax	Positive	7	^α1 + 7	7
P. vivax	Negative	0	0	0
Negative	Positive	0	0	0
Negative	Negative	^#1 + ^α1 + 42	42 + ^β1	^#1 + ^α1 + 42

^# Sample was detected negative by microscopy and multiplex LAMP-LF but as P. knowlesi by nested PCR; ^α Sample was detected negative by microscopy and multiplex LAMP-LF but as P. vivax by nested PCR; ^β Sample was detected as P. knowlesi by microscopy and multiplex LAMP-LF but negative by nested PCR; * Sample was detected as P. falciparum by microscopy and P. knowlesi by multiplex LAMP-LF and nested PCR.