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Table 3 P. falciparum versus P. vivax agreement among different diagnostic techniques

From: Comparison of diagnostic methods for the detection and quantification of the four sympatric Plasmodium species in field samples from Papua New Guinea

 

qPCR

nPCR

PCR-LDR

LM

qPCR

 

0.869

perfect

0.750 substantial

0.621 substantial

nPCR

0.596

moderate

 

0.737

substantial

0.562

moderate

PCR-LDR

0.553 moderatee

0.609 substantial

 

0.517

moderate

LM

0.530

moderate

0.513

moderate

0.611 substantial

 
  1. P. falciparum (normal case). P. vivax (italics).
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Malaria Journal

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