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Table 1 Number of Plasmodium infections detected with microscopy and real-time PCR

From: Epidemiology of Plasmodium infections in Flores Island, Indonesia using real-time PCR

Species

Microscopy*

Real-time PCR

 

Total

Total

Ndeturea

Ndorurea 1

Ndorurea

P. falciparum

36

172

51

52

69

P. vivax

10

158

29

63

66

P. malariae

5

22

11

3

8

Mixed Pf and Pv

1

41

3

14

24

Mixed Pf and Pm

0

6

5

1

0

Negative

1457

1110

221

401

488

Total

1509

1509

320

534

655

Total Prevalence

3.4%

26.4%

30.9%#

24.9%#

25.5%#

  1. * confirmed by real-time PCR.
  2. #not significantly different (p = 0.118).