Table 1.
The results of malaria species detection in patients with clinical malaria according to three methods in southeastern Iran
| Nested PCR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasmodium falciparum | P. vivax | Mixed Pf/Pv | Total | ||
| N = 19 | N = 69 | N = 12 | N = 100 | ||
| Microscopy | P. falciparum | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| P. vivax | 0 | 69 | 9 | 78 | |
| Mixed Pf/Pv | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| First Response® Malaria Combo | HRP-2 alone | 12 | − | − | 12 |
| Pan-pLDH alone | − | 63 | 2 | 65 | |
| Both antigens | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| Negative | − | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| CareStart™ Malaria Combo | HRP-2 alone | 12 | − | 3 | 15 |
| Pan-pLDH alone | − | 61 | 2 | 63 | |
| Both antigens | 6 | − | 6 | 12 | |
| Negative | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |
| CareStart™ Pv/Pf Combo | HRP-2 alone | 19 | − | 2 | 21 |
| pLDH alone | − | 64 | 2 | 66 | |
| Both antigens | − | − | 7 | 7 | |
| Negative | − | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
HRP = horseradish peroxidase; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; Pf/Pv = P. falciparum/P. vivax.