Table 3.

Comparison of C_T Values for Cooperative and Conventional Primer Assays

Plasmid copies/μL	Plasmodium malariae		Plasmodium ovale
	Conventional	Cooperative	Conventional	Cooperative
106	9.83 ± 0.07	11.15 ± 0.15	12.94 ± 0.01	13.70 ± 0.04
105	13.57 ± 0.18	17.53 ± 0.28	16.60 ± 0.21	17.38 ± 0.07
104	16.96 ± 0.39	21.90 ± 0.36	21.46 ± 0.11	22.65 ± 0.05
103	21.22 ± 0.38	27.22 ± 0.25	26.11 ± 0.15	27.46 ± 0.13
102	25.31 ± 0.22	33.00 ± 0.45	28.15 ± 0.13	29.65 ± 0.14
101	27.35 ± 0.09	38.28 ± 0.36	32.75 ± 0.16	34.20 ± 0.29
100	Negative	41.94 ± 0.54	Negative	38.77 ± 2.15

Data are expressed as means ± SD.