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Table 1 Performance of different detection methods on asymptomatic malaria infections

From: Comparison of methods for detecting asymptomatic malaria infections in the China–Myanmar border area

 

LM

nD-PCR

nRT-PCR

CLIP-PCR

P. vivax

12

23

176

P. falciparum

0

0

5

P. falciparum and P. vivax

0

1

6

Plasmodium spp.

12

24

187

19

Total

1005

1005

1005

1005

Positive rate (%)

1.19

2.39

18.61

1.89

  1. LM light microscopy, nD-PCR nested PCR using genomic DNA, nRT-PCR nested RT-PCR using parasite total RNA, CLIP-PCR capture and ligation probe-PCR