Table 1 Detection of asexual (18S rRNA) and sexual (Pss25 and Pss48/45) transcripts of Plasmodium in non-human primates from the Atlantic Forest
From: Detection of Plasmodium simium gametocytes in non-human primates from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Target | 18S rRNA | Pss25 | Pss48/45 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Previous PCR result | Amplification | Number of samples (percentage) | Amplification | Number of samples (percentage) | Amplification | Number of samples (percentage) |
Ps + samples (single n = 11 or mixed n = 13) |  +  | 21 (87.5%) |  +  | 13 (62%) |  +  | 7 (54%) |
− | 6 (46%) | |||||
− | 8 (38%) | − | 8 (100%) | |||
− | 3 (12.5%) | − | 3 (100%) | − | 3 (100%) | |
Pbr + single (n = 5) |  +  | 2 (40%) |  +  | 1 (50%) | − | 1 (100%) |
− | 1 (50%) | − | 1 (100%) | |||
− | 3 (60%) | − | 3 (100%) | − | 3 (100%) | |
Negative samples (n = 6) |  +  | 3 (50%) | − | 3 (100%) | − | 3 (100%) |
− | 3 (50%) | − | 3 (100%) | − | 3 (100%) | |