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Table 1 Comparison of malaria diagnosis between field microscopy at the treatment facilities and expert microscopy at the research laboratory

From: Increasing trends of malaria in a border area of the Greater Mekong Subregion

Field microscopy*

Expert microscopy*

Negative

Pf

Pv

Pm

Po

Mixed

Total

Negative

25,151

216

1107

13

2

36

26,525

Pf

0

215

17

0

0

2

234

Pv

0

39

4473

5

0

13

4530

Pm

0

0

9

3

0

0

12

Po

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Mixed

0

11

1

0

0

12

24

Total

25,151

481

5607

21

3

63

31,326

  1. Pf, P. falciparum; Pv, P. vivax; Pm, P. malariae; Po, P. ovale; mixed, mixed infection by P. falciparum and P. vivax
  2. * Unweighted kappa (95% CI) 0.61 (0.57–0.65)