Table 2 Number of positive and negative samples for malaria according to three diagnostic assays and parasite species identification
From: PET-PCR reveals low parasitaemia and submicroscopic malarial infections in Honduran Moskitia
Method | Positive samples (%) | Negative samples (%) | P. vivax (%) | P. falciparum (%) | Mixed (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microscopy | 59 (19.09) | 250 (80.9) | 37 (62.7) | 21 (35.6) | 1 (1.7) |
Nested PCR | 86 (27.83) | 223 (72.17) | 56 (65.1) | 22 (25.6) | 8 (9.3) |
PET-PCR | 99 (32.04) | 210 (67.96) | Not available (N/A) | N/A | N/A |