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Table 2 Comparison of malaria parasite detection by microscopy and nested PCR in three health centres and one hospital in North Gondar, northwest Ethiopia, 2013 (n = 300)

From: Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in North-West Ethiopia

Sites

Total slide examined

Microscopically confirmed malaria parasites

Pf

Pv

Po

Pm

Pf + Pv

Pf + Po

Pv + Po

Pf + Pv + Po

Kola Diba

65

27

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

Maksegnet

72

25

11

-

-

-

-

-

-

Enfranze

113

60

28

-

-

-

-

-

-

Metema

50

21

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

300

133

51

      

Sites

Total sample analysed

Result of species specific nested PCR

Pf

Pv

Po

Pm

Pf + Pv

Pf + Po

Pv + Po

Pf + Pv + Po

Kola Diba

65

21

8

3

-

6

2

-

-

Maksegnet

72

30

16

2

-

2

-

-

-

Enfranze

113

63

28

1

-

3

-

-

-

Metema

50

26

5

-

-

1

1

-

-

Total

300

140

57

  

12

3

  
  1. Note: Pf = P. falciparum ; Pv = P. vivax ; Pm = P. malariae ; Po = P. ovale.