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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Nov 10;85(2):149–153. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.11.009

Table 1.

Microscopy, nested PCR, NINA-LAMP and BinaxNOW malaria RDT results for 140 patients suspected of having malaria.

Result Microscopy Nested PCR NINA-LAMP LAMP-thermocycler RDT (BinaxNOW)
Total Positive 69 71 72 72 61
P. falciparum 38 40 (42 inc. mixed) 41 41 38
Total non-falciparum 31 28 (31 inc. mixed) 31 31 23
P. vivax 25 24 (26 inc. mixed) N/A N/A N/A
P. ovale 5 4 (5 inc. mixed)
P. malariae 1 0 (1 inc. mixed)
Mixed 0 3:
P. falciparum + P. vivax
(1)
P. falciparum + P.
malariae (1)
P. vivax + P. ovale (1)		 NA NA 0
Negative 71 69 68 68 79