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Table 2 Sensitivity of P-Genus FISH and Giemsa microscopy compared to qRT-PCR classified by parasite densities

From: Comparative evaluation of fluorescent in situ hybridization and Giemsa microscopy with quantitative real-time PCR technique in detecting malaria parasites in a holoendemic region of Kenya

 

≤2 P/µL (n = 84)

>2≤50 P/µL (n = 61)

>50≤200 P/µL (n = 31)

>200≤2000 P/µL (n = 28)

>2000 P/µL (n = 52)

P-Genus FISH (%)

90.48

19.67

25.81

57.14

42.31

Microscopy (%)

38.1

62.3

74.19

89.29

92.31

  1. P-Genus FISH Plasmodium genus Fluorescent in situ hybridization, µL microlitre