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. 2016 Dec 16;6:39183. doi: 10.1038/srep39183

Table 4. Agreement between qPCR and ddPCR in detection of infections among 150 field samples.

    P. falciparum P. vivax    
ddPCR ddPCR    
−/−/− +/−/− +/+/− +/+/+ −/−/− +/−/− +/+/− +/+/+    
qPCR −/−/− 90 16 5 8 106 7 3 1    
+/−/− 3 1 1 0 7 4 2 1    
+/+/− 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1    
+/+/+ 1 0 1 22 0 1 3 10    

qPCR and ddPCR were run in triplicate. Cut off for positivity in ddPCR was set at 2 droplets positive.