Table 2 Comparison of diagnosis of Plasmodium species by PlasmoNex™ PCR and hydrolysis probes real-time PCR for the sample collected from Sabah (n = 207)
Plasmodium spp | No. of cases identified by PlasmoNex™ (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. vivax | P. falciparum | P. knowlesi | P. vivax + P. knowlesi + P. falciparum | Total | ||
No. of cases identified by species-specific real-time PCR* (%) | P. vivax | 16 (7.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (7.7) |
P. falciparum | 0 | 33 (15.9) | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.0) | 37 (17.9) | |
P. knowlesi | 0 | 0 | 149 (72.0) | 0 | 149 (72.0) | |
No speciation | 4 (1.9) | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 5 (2.4) | |
Total | 20 (9.7) | 33 (15.9) | 152 (73.4) | 2 (1.0) | 207 (100.0) | |