Table 1 PCR results among microscopy-diagnosed Plasmodium malariae/ Plasmodium knowlesi* , Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax mono-infections, and mixed species infections, July 2011-December 2013
From: Changing epidemiology of malaria in Sabah, Malaysia: increasing incidence of Plasmodium knowlesi
| Â | Microscopy result | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCR result | Pm/Pk* | Pf | Pv | Mixed infections | Total |
Pk | 924 (85) | 32 (21) | 33 (38) | 23 (56) | 1012 |
Pf | 30 (2.8) | 101 (65) | 2 (2.3) | 3 (7.3) | 136 |
Pv | 43 (4.0) | 4 (2.6) | 42 (48) | 7 (17) | 96 |
Pm | 7 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 |
Pk/Pv | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 |
Pk/Pf | 3 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 |
Pf/Pv | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 2 |
Pf/Pm | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 |
P. genus # | 31 (2.9) | 9 (5.8) | 3 (3.4) | 6 (15) | 49 |
Negative | 41 (3.8) | 9 (5.8) | 5 (5.7) | 2 (4.9) | 57 |
Total | 1082 | 156 | 87 | 41 | 1366 |