Table 2.

Comparison of microscopy and PCR for the detection of asymptomatic malaria in 7,707 samples collected in endemic area in Cambodia in 2007

PCR = polymerase chain reaction; P. falciparum = Plasmodium falciparum; P. malariae = Plasmodium malariae; P. ovale = Plasmodium ovale; P. vivax = Plasmodium vivax.

In the table, green cells indicate concordant results between microscopy and PCR (95.6%); yellow cells indicate microscopy-positive/PCR-negative results (0.2%); orange cells indicate microscopy-negative/PCR-positive results; and black cells (3.7%) indicate discordant results for Plasmodium identification (0.4%).