Table 2.
Prevalence of Plasmodium species and mixed infections by PCR
| Type of infection (n = 3,316) | Presence of: |
No. positive (% of total) | % of positive samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. falciparum | P. malariae | P. vivax | P. ovale curtisi | P. ovale wallikeri | |||
| P. falciparum | + | − | − | − | − | 477 (14.4) | 88.2 |
| P. malariae | − | + | − | − | − | 3 (0.1) | 0.6 |
| P. vivax | − | − | + | − | − | 6 (0.2) | 1.1 |
| P. ovale curtisi | − | − | − | + | − | 4 (0.1) | 0.7 |
| P. ovale wallikeri | − | − | − | − | + | 3 (0.1) | 0.6 |
| P. falciparum + P. malariae | + | + | − | − | − | 35 (1.1) | 6.5 |
| P. falciparum + P. ovale curtisi | + | − | − | + | − | 2 (0.1) | 0.4 |
| P. falciparum + P. ovale wallikeri | + | − | − | − | + | 4 (0.1) | 0.7 |
| P. falciparum + P. ovale curtisi + P. ovale wallikeri | + | − | − | + | + | 1 (0.0) | 0.2 |
| P. falciparum + P. malariae + P. ovale curtisi | + | + | − | + | − | 2 (0.1) | 0.4 |
| P. falciparum + P. malariae + P. ovale wallikeri | + | + | − | − | + | 2 (0.1) | 0.4 |
| P. falciparum + P. malariae + P. ovale curtisi + P. ovale wallikeri | + | + | − | + | + | 2 (0.1) | 0.4 |
| No. positive (% of total) | 525 (15.8) | 44 (1.3) | 6 (0.2) | 11 (0.3) | 12 (0.4) | 541 (16.3) | 100 |
| % of positive samples | 97.0 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 100 | |