TABLE 2.
Matrix comparing results of SnM-PCR with those of microscopya
| Microscopy result | No. of samples with PCR result
|
Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neg | F | M | O | V | FM | FO | FV | FMV | ||
| Neg | 86 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 116 | ||||
| F | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 | ||||
| M | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| O | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| V | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
| FO | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| FMV | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Psp | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 92 | 59 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 192 |
Neg, negative; F, positive for P. falciparum; M, positive for P. malariae; O, positive for P. ovale; V, positive for P. vivax; Psp, Plasmodium species not determined.