From: Considerations on the use of nucleic acid-based amplification for malaria parasite detection
Species | Micros. SMRU | Nested PCR | Multiplex PCR MSHR-F | ||||||
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MNHN-B | SMRU-B | SMRU-F | |||||||
N (%) | N (%) | P | N (%) | P | N (%) | P | N (%) | P | |
Pf | 164 (40) | 215 (52) | 0.001 | 163 (39) | 1.000 | 170 (41) | 0.180 | 193 (47) | 0.001 |
Pv | 173 (42) | 193 (47) | 0.001 | 174 (42) | 1.000 | 175 (42) | 0.832 | 169 (41) | 0.626 |
Mixed | 29 (7) | 72 (17) | 0.001 | 29 (7) | 1.000 | 43 (10) | 1.000 | 24 (6) | 0.635 |
Neg | 100 (24) | 74 (18) | 0.001 | 104 (25) | 0.424 | 109 (26) | 0.022 | 73 (18) | 0.001 |