Table 1.
Frequency of positivity for Plasmodium falciparum by direct smear examination or of P. falciparum DNA by nested PCR by location
| |
Maputo n = 1115 |
Mocuba n = 720 |
Total (both sites) n = 1835 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | (%) | ||||
|
HIV Positive |
876 |
(68.0) |
404 |
(32.0) |
1280 |
(100) |
||
| |
Smear |
876 |
|
404 |
|
1280 |
(100) |
|
| |
|
Positive |
4 |
(0.5) |
39 |
(9.6) |
43 |
(3.3) |
| |
|
Negative |
872 |
(99.5) |
365 |
(90.4) |
1237 |
(96.7) |
| |
PCR |
638 |
|
204 |
|
842 |
(100) |
|
| |
|
Positive |
12 |
(1.9) |
37 |
(18.1) |
49 |
(5.8) |
| |
|
Negative |
626 |
(98.1) |
167 |
(81.9) |
793 |
(94.2) |
|
HIV Negative |
239 |
(43.0) |
316 |
(57) |
555 |
(100) |
||
| |
Smear |
239 |
|
316 |
|
555 |
(100) |
|
| |
|
Positive |
1 |
(0.4) |
16 |
(5.1) |
17 |
(3.1) |
| |
|
Negative |
238 |
(99.6) |
300 |
(94.9) |
538 |
(96.9) |
| |
PCR |
224 |
|
183 |
|
407 |
(100.0) |
|
| |
|
Positive |
4 |
(1.8) |
20 |
(10.9) |
24 |
(5.9) |
| |
|
Negative |
220 |
(98.2) |
163 |
(89.1) |
383 |
(94.1) |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
| |
|
Smear |
1115 |
(61) |
720 |
(39) |
1835 |
(100) |
| |
|
Positive |
5 |
(0.5) |
55 |
(7.6) |
60 |
(3.2) |
| |
|
Negative |
1110 |
(99.6) |
665 |
(92.4) |
1775 |
(96.8) |
| |
|
PCR |
862 |
|
387 |
|
1249 |
(100) |
| |
|
Positive |
16 |
(1.8) |
53 |
(13.7) |
69 |
(6.0) |
| Negative | 846 | (96.5) | 334 | (86.3) | 1198 | (94.0) | ||