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Table 2 Plasmodium vivax false-positive diagnoses

From: Pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Dakar, Senegal: impact on rapid malaria diagnostic tests

 

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Microscopy

RT-PCR

Identification

Pan

Pf

Pv

Diagnostic

Parasitaemia

Pf

Pv

146/1

+

+

Pf

0.8%

+

186/1

+

+

Pf

0.5%

+

81/3

+

+

+

Pf

1.4%

+

113/3

+

+

+

Pf

2.0%

+

146/3

+

+

+

Pf

0.06%

+

  1. Pf = Plasmodium falciparum; Pv = Plasmodium vivax; RT-PCR = real-time polymerase chain reaction.