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Table 3 Detection of Plasmodium species by microscopy and real-time PCR in patients at day of inclusion

From: Evaluation of FRET real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Plasmodium species in returning travellers and migrants

  

Real-time PCR, no. of patients

POS(a)

NEG(b)

P. falciparum

non-P. falciparum sp

Mixed Plasmodium sp.(c)

 

Microscopy

P. falciparum

54

0

0

0

 

P. ovale

2

7

2

0

 

P. malariae

0

2

0

0

 

P. vivax

1

6

0

0

 

Plasmodium sp

8

0

0

0

 

Mixed infection

2

1

1

0

 

NEG(b)

5

2

0

26

  1. (a)POS, positive; (b)NEG, negative; (c)Mixed Plasmodium sp, P. falciparum + non-P. falciparum sp.
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Malaria Journal

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