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Table 3 Detection of mixed infections by PET-PCR, MG-LAMP and microscopy

From: Field evaluation of malaria malachite green loop-mediated isothermal amplification in health posts in Roraima state, Brazil

Sample

Microscopy diagnosis

MG-LAMP diagnosis

PET-PCR diagnosis

PET-PCR CT value for P. falciparum

PET-PCR CT value for P. vivax

PC121

P. vivax

Mixed

Mixed

22.68

28.50

PC123

P. falciparum

Mixed

Mixed

26.56

39.90

BV237

P. vivax

P. vivax

Mixed

35.10

29.12

BV217

P. vivax

P. vivax

Mixed

36.24

32.23

BV239

P. vivax

P. falciparum

Mixed

31.37

35.38

BV241

P. falciparum

P. falciparum

Mixed

29.43

39.92

BV240

Mixeda

P. falciparum

P. falciparum

37.82

No Ct

  1. aOnly one P. vivax parasite was seen by microscopy for this sample