Table 3 Comparison analysis of diagnostic tools for imported Plasmodium species infection in Wuhan, China
Nested PCR | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Species | P. falciparum | P. vivax | P. ovale | P. malariae | P. falciparum + P. ovale | P. vivax + P. ovale | Negative | Total (%) |
Microscopy | ||||||||
P. falciparum | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 243 (82.09) |
P. vivax | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 (5.74) |
P. ovale | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 (7.09) |
P. malariae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (2.03) |
P. falciparum +P. ovale | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.34) |
Negativea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 (2.70) |
Total (%) | 245 (82.77) | 15 (5.07) | 20 (6.76) | 6 (2.03) | 3 (1.01) | 2 (0.68) | 5 (1.69) | 296 (100.00) |
Real-time PCR | ||||||||
P. falciparum | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 (80.41) |
P. vivax | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (5.07) |
P. ovale | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 (7.43) |
P. malariae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (2.03) |
P. falciparum +P. ovale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.34) |
P. vivax + P. ovale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (0.68) |
Negative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 (4.05) |
Total (%) | 245 (82.77) | 15 (5.07) | 20 (6.76) | 6 (2.03) | 3 (1.01) | 2 (0.68) | 5 (1.69) | 296 (100.00) |