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Table 3 Prevalence of Plasmodium carriages based on microscopy and LAMP

From: Prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections with sub-microscopic parasite densities in the northwestern border of Thailand: a potential threat to malaria elimination

Hamlet

Nong Bua

Tala Oka

Mae Salid Noi

Suan Oi

Ko Ma Nae

Pha Man

Orpha-nage

Total

Total population (n)

1579

883

560

359

165

72

32

3650

Microscopy, n (%)

2a (0.13%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.18%)

3b (0.84%)

1 (0.61%)

1 (1.39%)

2 (6.25%)

10 (0.27%)

LAMP, n (%)

49 (3.1%)

12 (1.36%)

5 (0.89%)

21 (5.85%)

1 (0.61%)

1 (1.39%)

2 (6.25%)

91 (2.49%)

Sub-microscopy, n (%)

49 (3.1%)

12 (1.36%)

4 (0.71%)

20 (5.57%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

85 (2.33%)

  1. aBoth samples were positive by microscopy but negative by LAMP
  2. bOnly one sample was positive by microscopy and LAMP