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Table 2 Characteristics of the P. malariae and P. ovale cases

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

Case number

Age

Sex

Microscopy

RDT

PCR

Axillary temperature

Parasite densityc

Asexual

Gametocytes

M0500214a

27

M

P. ovale

40.0

M0102751a

7

M

P. ovale

38.6

C0100511b

33

M

Pv

Pv

P. ovale

38.9

800

400

M0N00648a

30

M

Pm

ND

P. malariae

38.0

880

40

M0N00556a

11

F

Pv

ND

P. malariae

39.5

2120

4800

M0N00290a

29

M

Pv

ND

P. malariae

36.0

80

1600

C0400117b

22

M

Pv

Pv

P. malariae

40.5

400

160

  1. ND not done
  2. aCases detected in Myanmar
  3. bCases detected in Yunnan
  4. cParasites/μl of blood