Table 2.

Malaria Loop-Mediated Amplification (LAMP) Results for 100 Archived Samples in Which Plasmodium Species Were Detected by Gold Standard Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Nested PCR Result	Samples, No.	LAMP Result
		P. falciparum Test Positive	Pan–Plasmodium Genus Test Positive	Agreement, %
Negative	19	0	0	100
Positive
For P. falciparum	33	33	33	100
For P. falciparum plus P. vivax	1	1	1	100
For P. malariae	7	0	7	100
For P. ovale	10	0	10	100
For P. vivax	30	1a	30	96.7
Overall	100	…	…	99.0

Abbreviations: P. falciparum, Plasmodium falciparum; P. malariae, Plasmodium malariae; P. ovale, Plasmodium ovale; P. vivax, Plasmodium vivax.

^a Positive by both primer sets. It is plausible that this is a bona fide mixed species infection with P. falciparum missed by PCR.