Table 11 Distribution of parasite densities (asexual parasites/μl) per species for the 1066 Plasmodium positive samples submitted to ITM for the period January 2000 - June 2010. (Only the first sample per patient was included).
From: External quality assessment on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in a non-endemic setting
Parasite density | Single infection, species | Mixed infection†| |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Numbers | P. falciparum | P. vivax | P. ovale | P. malariae | |
0-100 | 81 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
101-500 | 93 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
501-5,000 | 221 | 52 | 38 | 20 | 4 |
5,001-250,000 | 360 | 59 | 14 | 6 | 5 |
>250,000 | 53 | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Total. | 808 | 129 | 86 | 32 | 11 |
Cumulative (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≤100 | 10.0 | 2.3 | 14.0 | 9.4 | 0 |
>100 | 90.0 | 97.7 | 86.0 | 90.6 | 100 |
>500 | 78.5 | 86.8 | 60.5 | 81.3 | 81.8 |
>5.000 | 51.1 | 46.5 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 45.5 |
>250.000 | 6.6 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |