Table 3.
Comparison of nPCR, mn-PCR, LM, and LAMP in the diagnosis of malaria in in Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran
| nPCR | LM | mn-PCR | LAMP | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. falciparum | P. vivax | Mix | Neg. | P. falciparum | P. vivax | Mix | Neg. | P. falciparum | P. vivax | Mix | Neg. | Total | |
| P. falciparum | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| P. vivax | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Mix | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Neg. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 47 |
LAMP = loop-mediated isothermal amplification; LM = light microscopy; Mix = mixed infection (vivax and falciparum); mn-PCR = multiplex/nested polymerase chain reaction; Neg. = negative; nPCR = nested polymerase chain reaction; PCR = polymerase chain reaction.