Table 1.

Parasite densities and average diffusion coefficients from 18 and 28 s rRNA primers of patient samples. Quantitative PCR and PD-LAMP was performed on six infected blood samples and a negative control (uninfected blood). A significant difference (p < 0.05) was shown in the

Patient ID	Group	Parasite density by microscopy (parasites/µL)	Parasite density by qPCR (parasites/µL)	28 s diffusion coeff. (± standard dev.) (m2/s)	18 s diffusion coeff. (± standard dev.) (m2/s)
1	UMa	N.D.e	265,782	6.4(± 0.51)e−13	6.1(± 0.61)e−13
2	CMb	64	126	6.7(± 1.31)e−13	7.0(± 0.58)e−13
3	SMAc	524d	4	7.9(± 0.91)e−13	6.9(± 0.78)e−13
4	CM	545	2552	7.7(± 0.67)e−13	6.9(± 0.28)e−13
5	CM	26,643	1466	6.5(± 0.51)e−13	7.1(± 0.45)e−13
6	CM	511,972	N.D.	7.05(± 0.25)e−13	6.9(± 0.35)e−13
NTC	–	0	–	8.8(± 0.73)e−13	9.0(± 1.01)e−13

^aUncomplicated malaria

^bCerebral malaria

^cSevere malaria anaemia

^dParasite density not corrected for white blood cell count

^eNot determined