From: Giemsa-stained thick blood films as a source of DNA for Plasmodium species-specific real-time PCR
PCR on whole blood | |||||||
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PCR on TBF | P. falciparum | P. vivax | P. ovale | P. malariae | Mixed infection | Negative | Total |
P. falciparum | 50 | 1 | 51 | ||||
P. vivax | 25 | 25 | |||||
P. ovale | 25 | 25 | |||||
P. malariae | 9 | 9 | |||||
Mixed infection | 4 | 4 | |||||
Negative | 1 | 20 | 21 | ||||
Total | 50 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 135 |