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Table 1 Malaria marker prevalence as detected by GFP and MMSR assays for paired venous/capillary samples

From: Comparison of capillary and venous blood for malaria detection using two PCR-based assays in febrile patients in Sierra Leone

 

Number (%) of positive samples

 

GFP

(n = 66)

MMSR

(n = 110)

Capillary

 Plasmodium spp.

37 (56 %)

29 (26 %)

 P. falciparum

32 (48 %)

37 (34 %)

 P. vivax/P. ovale a

4 (6 %)

0

 Any malaria marker

38 (58 %)

40 (36 %)

Venous

 Plasmodium spp.

40 (61 %)

35 (32 %)

 P. falciparum

30 (45 %)

37 (34 %)

 P. vivax/P. ovale a

4 (6 %)

0

 Any malaria marker

40 (61 %)

40 (36 %)

  1. aGFP assay detects both P. vivax and P. ovale while MMSR assay detects only P. vivax
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Malaria Journal

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