Table 2.
General characteristics of the evaluation slides
| Slide No | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results | Species/PD (number of parasites/μl) | PD Margins | ||
| Bottom margin | Top margin | |||
| 1 | Negative | |||
| 2 | Positive | Pm | ||
| 3 | Positive | Pf/175 | ||
| 4 | Positive | Po | ||
| 5 | Negative | |||
| 6 | Positive | Pf/366 | 275 | 458 |
| 7 | Positive | Pm | ||
| 8 | Negative | |||
| 9 | Positive | 763 | 572 | 954 |
| 10 | Positive | Pf + Po | ||
| 11 | Negative | |||
| 12 | Positive | Pf/175 | ||
| 13 | Positive | Pf/1483 | 1112 | 1854 |
| 14 | Positive | Pm | ||
| 15 | Negative | |||
| 16 | Negative | |||
| 17 | Positive | Pf/60500 | 45,375 | 75,625 |
| 18 | Positive | Pv | ||
| 19 | Positive | Pf/2160 | 1620 | 2700 |
| 20 | Positive | Pf/175 | 131 | 219 |
Margin: 25% around the true value of the reference PD
Pf Plasmodium falciparum, Pm Plasmodium malariae, Pv Plasmodium vivax, Po Plasmodium ovale, PD parasite density