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Table 1 Results of the negative slides for Lambaréné and WHO methods

From: Limit of blank and limit of detection of Plasmodium falciparum thick blood smear microscopy in a routine setting in Central Africa

 

Results (pf/μl)

Rank

Lambaréné

WHO

160

40

70

159

18

44

158

16

0

157

10

0

156

0

0

155

0

0

154

0

0

153

0

0

152

0

0

151

0

0

150

0

0

  1. The results of the slides have been ordered from the lowest parasitaemia to the highest. Below the rank 150, the slides have been read as negative. The 95th percentile of the distribution is between position 152 and 153 (bold).
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