Table 2.

Results of All Plasmodium qPCR and speciation of malaria-positive samples by stratum

	Microscopy+ pfldh PCR−	Microscopy− pfldh PCR−	Microscopy+ pfldh PCR+	Microscopy− pfldh PCR+	Total
All Plasmodium qPCR
Negative	6	258	–	–	264
Positive	9	43	89	61	202
Species-specific PCR
P. falciparum only	4	24	48	49	125
P. malariae only	0	5	0	0	5
P. ovale only	1	2	0	0	3
P. falciparum + P. malariae	4	2	23	5	34
P. falciparum + P. ovale	0	7	9	2	18
P. falciparum + P. malariae + P. ovale	0	0	9	4	13
Mono-infections + Mixed
P. falciparum total	8	33	89	60	190
P. malariae total	4	7	32	9	52
P. ovale total	1	9	18	6	34
Indeterminate	0	3	0	1	4
Total	15	301	89	61	466