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Table 2 Results for species-specific nested PCR

From: Comparison of the diagnostic performance of microscopic examination with nested polymerase chain reaction for optimum malaria diagnosis in Upper Myanmar

 

Species-specific PCR

Pf

Pv

Pm

Po

Pf/Pv

Pf/Pm

Pv/Po

Negative

Total

Suspected patients

117

84

1

2

52

4

1

64

325

Healthy individuals

23

15

0

0

0

0

0

762

800

Total

140

99

1

2

52

4

1

826

1125

  1. Pf, Plasmodium falciparum; Pv, Plasmodium vivax; Pm, Plasmodium malariae; Po, Plasmodium ovale; Pf/Pv, mixed with P. falciparum and P. vivax; Pf/Pm, mixed with P. falciparum and P. malariae; Pv/Po, mixed with P. vivax and P. ovale
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Malaria Journal

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