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Table 3 Summary of PCR results compared with microscopic examinations

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

Microscopy

PCR

 

N

Pf

Pv

Pm

Po

Pf/Pv

Pf/Pm

Pv/Po

Negative

Pf

135

117

2

0

0

13

3

0

0

Pv

94

0

82

0

2

9

0

1

0

Pm

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Pf/Pv

31

0

0

0

0

30

1

0

0

Negative

864

23

15

0

0

0

0

0

826

Total

1125

140

99

1

2

52

4

1

826

  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