Table 3 Discrepant analysis of different assays for the laboratory diagnosis of malaria based on results of QPCR.
Species | Microscopy & BINAXNOW & CARESTART Positive | Microscopy & BINAXNOW & CARESTART Negative | Microscopy & BINAXNOW Positive | Microscopy & CARESTART Positive | BINAXNOW & CARESTART Positive | Only Microscopy Positive | Only BINAXNOW Positive | Only CARESTART Positive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pf | 85 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Pv | 54 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Pm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Po | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Pf & Pv | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pm & Po | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pf & Pm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Negative | 0 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 145 | 276 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 |