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Table 3 Microscopy- and PCR-based parasite prevalence of cross-sectional surveys in Jimma town, south western Ethiopia

From: Analysis of asymptomatic and clinical malaria in urban and suburban settings of southwestern Ethiopia in the context of sustaining malaria control and approaching elimination

Collection date

Microscopy (%)

Nested PCR (%)

Sample size

Pf

Pv

Sample size

Pf

Pv

October, 2014

622

0.8

1.9

Not done

March, 2015

755

0

0

727

1.2

1.4

August, 2015

833

0

0

 290

1.4

0.3

  1. Pf Plasmodium falciparum; Pv Plasmodium vivax