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Table 5 Comparison of malaria detection in capillary and venous blood – MMSR assay (n = 110)

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

Marker

  

p-value for McNemar’s χ2 test

Plasmodium spp.

 

Capillary

0.264 (χ2 = 1.250)

Venous

 

Positive

Negative

Total

Positive

22

13

35

Negative

7

68

75

Total

29

81

110

P. falciparum

Capillary

0.814 (χ2 = 0.0556)

Venous

 

Positive

Negative

Total

Positive

28

9

37

Negative

9

64

73

Total

37

73

110

P. vivax

Capillary

 

Venous

 

Positive

Negative

Total

Positive

0

0

0

Negative

0

110

110

Total

0

110

110

Any malaria marker

Capillary

0.814 (χ2 = 0.0556)

Venous

 

Positive

Negative

Total

Positive

31

9

40

Negative

9

61

70

Total

40

70

110