Table 3 Concordance in the diagnosis of Plasmodium species between microscopy and nested PCR
From: PET-PCR reveals low parasitaemia and submicroscopic malarial infections in Honduran Moskitia
Light Microscopy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nPCR | P. vivax (%) | P. falciparum (%) | Mixed (%) | Negative (%) | Total |
P. vivax (%) | 33 (10.68) | 3 (0.97) | 0 | 20 (6.47) | 56 (18.12) |
P. falciparum (%) | 1 (0.32) | 14 (4.53) | 0 | 7 (2.27) | 22 (7.12) |
Mixed (%) | 3 (0.97) | 4 (1.29) | 1 (0.32) | 0 | 8 (2.6) |
Negative (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 (72.17) | 223 (72.17) |
Total | 37 (11.97) | 21 (6.8) | 1 (0.32) | 250 (80.9) | 309 (100) |