Table 1.
Parasitologic and clinical assessment prior to treatment*
| Infection species† | PCR-LDR-FMA
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Light microscopy
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. pos | % | No. pos | % | Geometric mean density‡ | |
| Pf | 85 | 41.3 | 68 | 33.0 | 361 (240, 544) |
| Pv | 25 | 12.1 | 17 | 8.3 | 102 (74, 142) |
| Pm | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.9 | 421 (38, 4,646) |
| Pf and Pv | 40 | 19.4 | 3 | 1.5 | 315 (183, 540) |
| Pf and Pm | 8 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| Pf and Po | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| Pf, Pv, and Pm | 4 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| Pf, Pv, and Po | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| Pf gametocyte only | – | 12 | 5.8 | 68 (51, 90) | |
| all positive | 166 | 80.6% | 104 | 50.5% | |
*
PCR = polymerase chain reaction; LDR = ligation detection reaction; FMA = fluorescent microsphere assay; Pf = Plasmodium falciparum; Pv = P. vivax; Pm = P. malariae; Po = P. ovale.
†
Only species combinations that were observed are shown.
‡
Mean number of parasites per microliter (95% confidence interval).