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Table 4 Species identification by real-time PCR on TBF and microscopy as reference method.

From: Giemsa-stained thick blood films as a source of DNA for Plasmodium species-specific real-time PCR

 

Microscopy

 

PCR on TBF

P. falciparum

P. vivax

P. ovale

P. malariae

Mixed infection

Plasmodium spp.

Negative

Total

P. falciparum

51

    

1

 

51

P. vivax

 

24

   

1

 

25

P. ovale

  

24

  

1

 

25

P. malariae

   

9

   

9

Mixed infection

    

4

  

4

Negative

   

1

  

20

21

Total

51

24

24

10

4

3

20

135