Table 2 Overview of the origin and number of samples used in the laboratory (n = 241) and ring trial (n = 94) evaluations

Wad Medani Teaching Hospital, Sudan

P. falciparum

72

6

Malaria Reference Laboratory, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, returning travellers

P. falciparum

7

5

P. vivax

26

9

P. ovale

7

4

P. malariae

18

4

P. falciparum/ P. vivax

2

1

P. falciparum/ P. ovale

5

Negative

18

Academic Medical Centre, The Netherlands, returning travellers

Negative

9

Dutch Blood Bank

Negative

95

45

Culture of P. falciparum

2