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Table 1 Slides structure in training course

From: Analysis on external competency assessment for malaria microscopists in China

 

Parasitemia (P/μL)

Species identification

Parasite counting

Pf

Pv

Pm

Po

Mix

Neg

Slides in final assessment

100–200

2

–

–

–

–

20

1

200–500

6

2

–

–

–

5

500–2000

2

2

2

1

–

6

2000–5000

–

–

–

1

4

–

≥ 10,000

–

–

–

–

–

2

Total

10

4

2

2

4

14

42

14

Slides in pre-assessment

100–200

 

–

–

–

–

5

1

200–500

2

2

–

–

–

1

500–2000

1

–

1

–

–

2

2000–5000

–

–

–

1

1

–

≥ 10,000

–

–

–

–

–

1

Total

3

2

1

1

1

5

5

13

5

  1. Pf, Plasmodium falciparum; Pv, Plasmodium vivax; Pm, Plasmodium malaria; Po, Plasmodium ovale; Neg, no malaria parasite present