Table 2.
PCR results compared with cross-check microscopy
| Microscopy |
PCR |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pf | Pv | Pk | Pm | Pf/Pv | Pf/Pk | Pf/Pm | Total | |
|
Pf |
112 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
144 |
|
Pv |
1 |
34 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
| "Pm/Pk" |
5 |
3 |
94 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
104 |
|
Pf/Pv |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
Po |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Negative |
0 |
0 |
4* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Total | 118 | 40 | 130 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 296 |
Abbreviations: Pf = Plasmodium falciparum, Pv = Plasmodium vivax, Pk = Plasmodium knowlesi, Pm = Plasmodium malariae, Po = Plasmodium ovale.
Note: Slides were unavailable for cross-check microscopy for eight patients. Cross-check microscopy was performed on pre-treatment slides for 280 (95%) of 296 patients.
*Includes one post-treatment slide. Parasite counts (according to routine microscopy results) of remaining three patients were 32, 55 and 1574 parasites/μL.