Implementing a novel capture and ligation probe-PCR method in mass screen and treatment to support malaria elimination efforts in the China-Myanmar border region

Table 2 The results of species identification with mCLIP-PCR and RDT*

mCLIP-PCR determination		RDT confirmation		% RDT confirmed
P. vivax	35	P. vivax- or other non-P. falciparum species-positive	21	60%
P. falciparum	14	P. falciparum- or P. falciparum/P. vivax-positive	9	56%
P. falciparum + P. vivax	2	P. falciparum- or P. falciparum/P. vivax-positive	9	56%
Genus positive but both species negative	2	Negative	23	–
Total	53	Total	53	–

*Those CLIP-PCR positive samples from areas where both P.vivax and P. falciparum cases were reported in the preceding 2 years were subjected to species-identification by mCLIP-PCR and RDT

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