Table 2 species distribution, parasite densities and geographical origin of the samples included for the Clearview® Malaria pLDH evaluation.
From: Evaluation of the Clearview® malaria pLDH malaria rapid diagnostic test in a non-endemic setting
Geography | Species identification by microscopy corrected by PCR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. falciparum (alone or in association) | P. vivax | P. ovale | P. malariae | No parasites | |
Africa | 139 | 20 | 7 | 84 | |
Asia | 4 | 8 | |||
Latin and south America | 2 | 18 | 10 | ||
Parasite density [median; p/μl] (range) | 123, 762 (32-2, 250, 000) | 4, 594 (8-35, 550) | 4, 596 (225-21, 150) | 2, 083 (135-8, 550) | |