Performance of two rapid diagnostic tests for malaria diagnosis at the China-Myanmar border area

Malaria Journal

Table 7 Detection results of malaria infections by microscopy and Malaria Pf/Pan test in comparison with the Nested PCR (N=606)

Method	Species	Species identified by nested PCR					Total
Method	Species	P. falciparum	P. vivax	P. falciparum + P. vivax	P. ovale	Negative	Total
Microscopy	P. falciparum	39	2	9	0	1	51
	P. vivax	1	61	9	0	2	73
	P. falciparum + P. vivax	12	1	6	0	0	19
	P. ovale	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Negative	15	15	2	2	429	463
Pf/Pan Test	P. falciparum	16	1	7	1	8	33
	Pan(non-falciparum)	0	51	5	0	0	56
	P. falciparum + Pan	40	10	13	0	7	70*
	Negative	11	17	1	1	417	447
	Total	67	79	26	2	432	606

* For the Pf/Pan device, these cases had both test lines visible, suggesting they were either P. falciparum single infections or P. falciparum/non-falciparum mixed infections.

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