From: Evaluation of FRET real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Plasmodium species in returning travellers and migrants
Conventional PCR, no. of patients
Genus-specific primers
P. falciparum- specific primers
POS(a)
NEG(b)
Real-Time PCR
P. falciparum
71
1
68
4
Non-P. falciparum sp.
17
0
18
Mixed Plasmodium sp.(c)
3
26