Table 2.
Plasmodium species as detected by nested PCR using DNA extracted from thick smears and filter-papers
| Species detected | Positive samples according to the blood storage device | Statistical Analysis | Positive samples by microscopic examination of TBS(%) | ||
| X | TBS (%) | FP (%) | X2* | p | |
| P. falciparum | 34 (9.2) | 78 (21.1) | 19.46 | <0.001 | 27 (7.3) |
| P. vivax | 11 (3.0) | 36 (9.8) | 5.99 | <0.05 | 28 (7.6) |
| P. malariae | 11 (3.0) | 14 (3.8) | 0.17 | >0.05 | 0 |
| P. falciparum/P. vivax | 0 | 10 (2.7) | 8.21 | <0.05 | 07 (1.9) |
| P. falciparum/P. malariae | 06 (1.6) | 10 (2.7) | 0.57 | >0.05 | 0 |
| P. vivax/P. malariae | 0 | 13 (3.5) | 11.28 | <0.001 | 0 |
| P. falciparum/P. vivax/P. malariae | 0 | 04 (1.1) | 4.02** | >0.05 | 0 |
| Total of positive samples | 62 (16.8) | 165 (44.7) | 66.19 | <0.001 | 62 (16.8) |
*Chi-square test Yates correction **Fisher exact test