Parasite density (per µl of blood) | 18S rRNA | Pvr47/Pfr364 (NR targets) | |||||||||||
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Nested-PCR | R-qPCR | NR-cPCR | NR-qPCR | ||||||||||
Pf | Pv | #1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 |
1489 | 1433 | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf |
478 | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | |
159 | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | |
53 | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | |
18 | Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | |
6 | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pf | Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | |
2 | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | Pv + Pf | |
0.7 | Pv + Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pf | Pv + Pf | Pf | Pv + Pf | |
PCR positivity | 18/24 (75%)a,b | 15/24 (63%)a | 17/24 (71%)a | 23/24 (96%)b | |||||||||
Target positivity | 33/48 (69%)a′ | 40/48 (83%)a′ |