Table 5.
Evolution of clinical status of malaria infections detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR).
| Time of Detection of Malaria Infections by qPCR | All qPCR-Positive Malaria Infections | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptomatic | Asymptomatic | Total | |||||
| In the Same Visit | In Following Visit (10-days Later) | After 2 Visits (20-days Later) | After 3 Visits (30-days Later) | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | N | ||
| Overall | |||||||
| 1st visit | 76 (42.5) | 18 (10.1) | 10 (5.6) | 2 (1.1) | 73 (40.8) | 179 | |
| 2nd visit | 20 (19.8) | 12 (11.9) | 12 (11.9) | ND | 57 (56.4) | 101 | |
| 3rd visit | 22 (23.7) | 11 (11.8) | ND | ND | 60 (64.5) | 93 | |
| 4th visit | 10 (13.3) | ND | ND | ND | 65 (86.7) | 75 | |
| Total | 128 (28.6) | 41 (9.2) | 22 (4.9) | 2 (0.4) | 255 (56.9) | 448 | |
| P. vivax | |||||||
| 1st visit | 60 (44.1) | 13 (9.6) | 8 (5.9) | 1 (0.7) | 54 (39.7) | 136 | |
| 2nd visit | 18 (23.1) | 10 (12.8) | 8 (10.3) | ND | 42 (53.8) | 78 | |
| 3rd visit | 22 (26.5) | 10 (12.0) | ND | ND | 51 (61.4) | 83 | |
| 4th visit | 8 (13.1) | ND | ND | ND | 53 (86.9) | 61 | |
| Total | 108 (30.2) | 33 (9.2) | 16 (4.5) | 1 (0.3) | 200 (55.9) | 358 | |
| P. falciparum | |||||||
| 1st visit | 12 (41.4) | 1 (3.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.4) | 15 (51.7) | 29 | |
| 2nd visit | 2 (11.8) | 0 (0) | 4 (23.5) | ND | 11 (64.7) | 17 | |
| 3rd visit | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | ND | ND | 7 (87.5) | 8 | |
| 4th visit | 2 (14.3) | ND | ND | ND | 12 (85.7) | 14 | |
| Total | 16 (23.5) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (5.9) | 1 (1.5) | 45 (66.2) | 68 | |
| Co-infection * | |||||||
| 1st visit | 4 (28.6) | 4 (28.6) | 2 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (28.6) | 14 | |
| 2nd visit | 0 (0) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0) | ND | 4 (66.7) | 6 | |
| 3rd visit | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ND | ND | 2 (100) | 2 | |
| 4th visit | 0 (0) | ND | ND | ND | 0 (0) | 0 | |
| Total | 4 (18.2) | 6 (27.3) | 2 (9.1) | 0 (0) | 10 (45.5) | 22 | |
* P. vivax-P. falciparum. ND: no data.