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Table 1 PCR results compared with routine microscopy

From: Limitations of microscopy to differentiate Plasmodium species in a region co-endemic for Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi

Microscopy

PCR

Pf

Pv

Pk

Pm

Pf/Pv

Pf/Pk

Pf/Pm

Total

Pf

110

3

17

0

2

2

0

134

Pv

1

23

13

0

1

0

0

38

"Pm/Pk"

8

13

94

1

0

0

1

117

"Pm/Pk"/Pv

0

3

2

0

0

1

0

6

"Pm/Pk"/Pf

2

0

3

0

0

0

0

5

Pf/Pv

1

1

0

0

1

0

0

2

P species

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Total

122

43

130

1

4

3

1

304

  1. Abbreviations: Pf = Plasmodium falciparum, Pv = Plasmodium vivax, Pk = Plasmodium knowlesi, Pm = Plasmodium malariae, P = Plasmodium.