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Table 2 Results of four malaria tests for patients receiving second-line malaria treatment on day 7 with weekly follow-up

From: Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for malaria diagnosis during a follow-up study in São Tomé

Case

HRP-2-RDTs

Microscopy

Nested PCR

LAMP

 

7

14

21

28

7

14

21

28

7

14

21

28

7

14

21

28

A

+

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

B

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

C

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

+

-

nd

-

+

-

nd

-

D

+

+

+

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

E

+

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

F

+

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

G

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

H

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

I

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

J

-

-

+

+

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

K

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

-

+

-

+

+

+

-

+

+

L

-

-

nd

-

-

-

nd

-

+

-

nd

-

-

-

nd

-

  1. Case I was single infection with P. malariae; case L was mixed infection with P. falciparum and P. vivax; other cases were monoinfection with P. falciparum.
  2. +: positive; -: negative.
  3. nd: not done.
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Malaria Journal

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