Table 1 Estimated prevalence by thick blood smear test (TBS) and PCR of 1392 samples for species and type of malarial infection
From: Plasmodium malariae in the Colombian Amazon region: you don’t diagnose what you don’t suspect
No. of positives (prevalence) | Change in prevalence (%)a | ||
|---|---|---|---|
TBS n (%) | PCR n (%) | ||
Infective species | |||
Pf | 104 (7.47) | 255 (18.32) | 10.85 |
Pv | 509 (36.57) | 996 (71.55) | 34.99 |
Pm | 0 (0.00) | 538 (38.65) | 38.65 |
Type of infection | |||
Pv/Pf | 12 (0.86) | 111 (7.97) | 7.11 |
Pv/Pm | 0 (0.00) | 340 (24.43) | 24.43 |
Pf/Pm | 0 (0.00) | 29 (2.08) | 2.08 |
Pv/Pf/Pm | 0 (0.00) | 52 (3.74) | 3.74 |