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Table 2 Prevalence of P. falciparum infection in the placental, cord and infant's first parasitaemia as diagnosed by microscopy and PCR

From: Congenital Plasmodium falciparum infection in neonates in Muheza District, Tanzania

Sample

Microscopy

PCR

Placental sample

9.8 % (100/1,022)

95 % (95/100)

Cord sample

0.4 % (4/1,022)

61% (61/100)

Infants

19.1 % (18/100)

19.1 % (18/100)