Slices/thickness | Wash xylol | Wash—absolute alcohol | Wash—alcohol 70% | Dry weight (mg) | DNA (Blood Kit), ng/µL | DNA (Tissue Kit), ng/µL | PCR Plasmodium sp | PCR Plasmodium vivax | Copy number Plasmodium 1 (copies/µL) | Copy number Plasmodium 2 (copies/µL) | Copy number P. vivax 1 (copies/µL) | Copy number P. vivax 2 (copies/µL) |
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5/10 µm | One 1′ | One 1′ | One 1′ | 70 | 5 | 8 | Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10/10 µm | One 1′ | One 1′ | One 1′ | 84.8 | 9 | 7 | Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15/10 µm | One 1′ | One 1′ | One 1′ | 125 | 2 | 15 | Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20/10 µm | One 1′ | One 1′ | One 1′ | 122.3 | 15 | 20 | Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25/10 µm | One 1′ | One 1′ |  | 177 | 47 | 32 | Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6/10 µm | Two 1′ | Two 1′ |  | 62 | 61.8 | 70 | Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8/10 µm | Two 1′ | Two 1′ |  | 41 | 35 | 41 | Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5/20 µm | Two 1′ | Two 1′ |  | 23 | 40 | 32 | Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10/20 µm | Two 1′ | Two 1′ |  | 40 | 50 | 55 | Positive | Positive | 75.01 [73.8–76.4] | 86.03 [84.2–87.9] | 89.2 [87.4–91.1] | 106.06 [105.2–108] |