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Table 1 Surveillance of malaria in Kachin State, Myanmar and four border counties of Yunnan Province, China

From: Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale infections in the China–Myanmar border area

Location

Surveys

Method

Pf

Pv

Pm

Po

Pf and Pv

Total positive

Total

Myanmar

PCD

Microscopy

128

253

1

0

34

416 (28.3%)

1472

PCR

136

257

3

2

63

461 (31.3%)

CSS

Microscopy

4

13

0

0

3

20 (1.9%)

1049

PCR

8

22

0

0

0

30 (2.9%)

ACD

Microscopy

0

1

0

0

0

1 (1.3%)

77

PCR

0

1

0

0

0

1 (1.3%)

Yunnan

PCD

RDT

18

42

0

0

1

61 (59.2%)

103

PCR

17

47

1

1

3

69 (67.0%)

  1. Plasmodium species: Pf (P. falciparum), Pv (P. vivax), Pm (P. malariae), and Po (P. ovale)
  2. PCD passive case detection; CSS cross-sectional surveillance; ACD active case detection; RDT rapid diagnostic test