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Table 1 Plasmodium species detection

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

  1. an = 15 (4%) P. ovale wallikeri, n = 12 (3%) P. ovale curtisi, n = 7 (2%) unknown subspecies