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Table 2 Malaria parasite species identified by PCR (N = 39), Northern Lao PDR

From: Prevalence and risk factors for asymptomatic malaria and genotyping of glucose 6-phosphate (G6PD) deficiencies in a vivax-predominant setting, Lao PDR: implications for sub-national elimination goals

Species

n

% of PCR-positives; 95% CI

Plasmodium vivax

28

71.8 (46.1–88.4)

P. falciparum/P. vivax

5

12.8 (4.5–31.6)

P. falciparum

3

7.7 (1.9–26.7)

P. malariae

2

5.1 (1.1–21.6)

P. vivax/P. malariae

1

2.6 (0.3–18.7)

All species

39

 
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