Table 1 Comparison of microscopy and nested polymerase chain reaction for malaria parasite detection and species identification in Northwest Ethiopia, 2013
Parasites detected by microscopy and nested PCR (Number of samples) | |
|---|---|
Microscopy (n) | Nested PCR (n) |
Plasmodium falciparum (132) | P. falciparum (108), P. vivax (11), P. ovale sp. (2), P. falciparum + P. vivax (6), negative (5) |
Plasmodium vivax (51) | P. vivax (38), P. falciparum (4), P. ovale sp. (2), P. vivax + P. falciparum (5), P. falciparum + P. ovale sp. (2) |
Negative (114) | Negative (75), P. falciparum (28), P. vivax (8), P. ovale sp. (2), P. falciparum + P. ovale sp. (1) |