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. 2010 Jun 18;9:171. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-171

Table 2.

Species distribution and geographical origin of the 590 samples used for evaluation of the CareStartTM Malaria HRP-2/pLDH (Pf/pan) Combo Test

Species identification by microscopy corrected by PCR

Geography P. falciparum P. vivax P. ovale P. malariae No parasites seen
Africa (n = 444) Eastern Africa 18 12 9 5 10
Northern Africa 1 1 1
Middle Africa 97 5 24 7 37
Southern Africa 6 1 1 1
Western Africa 145 4 27 6 25
Africa 1
Asia (n = 54) Eastern Asia 1 3
Southern Asia 4 16 1 5
South-Eastern Asia 10 10 1
Western Asia 1 1
Asia 1
Latin America
and the Caribbean (n = 12)
Caribbean 1 1
South America 6 1 3
Oceania
(n = 4)
Melanesia 1 2
Micronesia 1
No data (n = 76) 36 18 12 4 6
Total (n = 590) 320 76 76 23 95