From: High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infections in adults, Ashanti Region, Ghana, 2018
Plasmodium species detection | PCR (total n = 391) | |
---|---|---|
No | % | |
Pan-Plasmodium positive | 284 | 73 |
P. falciparum | 266 | 68 |
Monoinfection | 218 | 56 |
Coinfection with P. malariae | 22 | 6 |
Coinfection with P. ovale | 20 | 5 |
Coinfection with P. malariae + P. ovale | 6 | 2 |
P. malariae | 33 | 8 |
Monoinfection | 5 | 1 |
Coinfection | 28 | 7 |
P. ovalea | 34 | 9 |
Monoinfection | 8 | 2 |
Coinfection | 26 | 7 |
Species not determined | 5 | 1 |