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Table 5 Agreement of site level microscopists result with reference method per study sites (n = 365)

From: Significant number of Plasmodium vivax mono-infections by PCR misidentified as mixed infections (P. vivax/P. falciparum) by microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests: malaria diagnostic challenges in Ethiopia

 

PCR Diagnosis and Identification

Agreement

 

Study site name

Evaluated Results

Pv

Pv/Pf

Pf

Negative

Total

Site level Microscopists Result

Aribaminch

Pv

70

0

0

0

70

93.33%

Pv/Pf

4

0

0

1

5

Total

74

0

0

1

75

Shewarobit

Pv

66

0

0

0

66

94.29%

Pv/Pf

4

0

0

0

4

Total

70

0

0

0

70

Metehara

Pv

74

1

0

0

75

98.67%

Pv/Pf

0

0

0

0

0

Total

74

1

0

0

75

Gambella

Pv

48

4

0

1

53

86.67%

Pv/Pf

5

17

0

0

22

Total

53

21

0

1

75

Dubti

Pv

52

10

1

0

63

81.43%

Pv/Pf

1

5

1

0

7

Total

53

15

2

0

70