Table 3 Comparison of microscopy and nested PCR in the diagnosis of malaria in southern Ethiopia
Microscopy | Nested PCR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | P. falciparum | P. vivax | P. malariae | P. falciparum + P. vivax | P. falciparum + P. malariae | Negative | Total |
P. falciparum | 111 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 180 |
P. vivax | 14 | 110 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 131 |
P. falciparum + P. vivax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total | 125 | 154 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 314 |