Table 3 Confusion matrix comparing the reported EasyScan GO species to the reference species. Values in parentheses are the results for slides not used for evaluating species identification accuracy

P. falc.

P. vivax

P. malariae

P. ovale

Negative

mixed Pf + Po

P. falciparum

5 (19)

–

–

1

–

–

P. vivax

− (1)

2

1

–

–

1

P. malariae

–

-

2

1

-

–

P. ovale

–

-

–

0

–

–

Negative

2

-

–

-

20

–