Table 1.
PCR results compared with routine microscopy
| Microscopy |
PCR |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pf | Pv | Pk | Pm | Pf/Pv | Pf/Pk | Pf/Pm | Total | |
|
Pf |
110 |
3 |
17 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
134 |
|
Pv |
1 |
23 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
| "Pm/Pk" |
8 |
13 |
94 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
117 |
| "Pm/Pk"/Pv |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
| "Pm/Pk"/Pf |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Pf/Pv |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| “P species” |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Total | 122 | 43 | 130 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 304 |
Abbreviations: Pf = Plasmodium falciparum, Pv = Plasmodium vivax, Pk = Plasmodium knowlesi, Pm = Plasmodium malariae, P = Plasmodium.