Quality of malaria diagnosis and molecular confirmation of Plasmodium ovale curtisi in a rural area of the southeastern region of Ethiopia

Table 2 Reasons for exclusion of the samples

	Total positives by microscopy	Absence filter paper	Error numbering	Small amount of blood on filter paper	Total eliminated	Total for diagnosis by PCR
P. vivax	483	9	43	2	54	429
P. falciparum	243	6	41	5	52	191
P. falciparum + P. vivax	10	0	1	2	3	7
Total negatives	2324	6	40	108	151	2173
Total	736	15	85	9	109	627

The table shows the reasons for excluding filter papers for its diagnosis by PCR in each of the species and in the negative group of samples diagnosed by microscopy