Study of the diagnostic accuracy of microbiological techniques in the diagnosis of malaria in the immigrant population in Madrid

Table 1 Species detected in the asymptomatic and symptomatic groups of patients

Detected species (n = number of cases)	Asymptomatic group	Symptomatic group
Plasmodium falciparum (n = 87)	8	79
Plasmodium malariae (n = 4)	0	4^a
Plasmodium vivax (n = 3)	0	3^b
Plasmodium ovale (n = 8)	0	8^c

^aAll were mixed infections: two were P. malariae + P. falciparum, one P. malariae + P. vivax and one P. malariae + P. falciparum + P. ovale
^bOne of these was a mixed infection with P. malariae
^cSeven cases were mixed infections: six with P. falciparum, one with P. falciparum + P. malariae + P. ovale

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