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Table 3 Plasmodium species and their absolute (%) and relative prevalence (R %) identified by microscopic analyses (MA1 and MA2) and molecular diagnostics (MD) applied to blood samples of children living in Tshimbulu (Western Kasai, DRC) (P.f. = P. falciparum; P.m. = P. malariae; P.o. = P. ovale; P.v. = P. vivax)

From: Malaria in children of Tshimbulu (Western Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo): epidemiological data and accuracy of diagnostic assays applied in a limited resource setting

Species

No. (%; relative %)

MA1

MA2

MD

No. valid for classification

298

290

198

Negative

56

58

34

P.f.

236 (79.2; 97.5)

158 (54.5; 68.1)

146 (73.7; 89.0)

P.v.

0

1 (0.3; 0.4)

0

P.f. + P.m.

0

38 (13.1; 16.4)

13 (6.6; 7.9)

P.f + P.o.

6 (2.0; 2.5)

6 (2.1; 2.6)

2 (1.0; 1.2)

P.f. + P.v.

0

8 (2.8; 3.4)

1 (0.5; 0.6)

P.f. + P.m. + P.o.

0

1 (0.3; 0.4)

0

P.f. + P.m. + P.v.

0

1 (0.3; 0.4)

1 (0.5; 0.6)

P.f. + B. microti

0

19 (6.6; 8.2)

2 (1; 1.2)