Table 3 Samples tested: results of species identification by microscopy versus PCR
Results corrected by PCR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Results of microscopy | Negative | P. falciparum | P. vivax | P. ovale | P. malariae | Total |
Negative | 95 | 95 | ||||
P. falciparum | 320 | 320 | ||||
P. vivax | 72 | 7 | 79 | |||
P. ovale | 4 | 69 | 73 | |||
P. malariae | 23 | 23 | ||||
Total | 95 | 320 | 76 | 76 | 23 | 590 |