From: External quality assessment of malaria microscopy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reported result | No parasites observed | Parasite density ("plus system") | Total | ||||
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Not reported | + | ++ | +++ | ++++ | n (%) | ||
No parasites observed | 116* | 116 (66.6%) | |||||
P. falciparum | 1 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 41 (23.6%) | ||
No species identification reported | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 (9.2%) | |
P. falciparum, gametocytes | 1 | 1 (0.6%) | |||||
Total | 116 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 174 (100.0%) |