Skip to main content
. 2013 Aug 8;12:279. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-279

Table 1.

pLDH ELISA and Malaria antibody ELISA results in a population of microscopically confirmed malaria patients (n= 266)

Species Microscopy pLDH ELISA Antibody ELISA
P. falciparum
239/266 (89.9%)
230/239
199/239
P. ovale
19/266 (7.1%)
12/19
14/19
P. malariae
6/266 (2.25%)
6/6
5/6
Mixed infection1
2/266 (0.75%)
2/2
2/2
Total   250/266 (94%) 220/266 (82.7%)

1Mixed infections are P. ovale with P. falciparum.