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Table 1 Panel of TBF samples and corresponding parasite density used to evaluate the PCR on TBF.

From: Giemsa-stained thick blood films as a source of DNA for Plasmodium species-specific real-time PCR

 

Laboratory malaria diagnosis

 

Category #

P. falciparum

P. vivax

P. ovale

P. malariae

Mixed infection°

Negative

Total

0

     

20

20

0*

4

1

    

5

1-100

16

4

7

3

  

30

101-500

6

4

3

2

1

 

16

501-1000

6

3

5

1

1

 

16

> 1001

18

13

10

4

3

 

48

Total

50

25

25

10

5

20

135

  1. # expressed as number of asexual parasites per microliter
  2. * only gametocytes
  3. ° mixed infections consisted of Pf+Pm (n = 3), Pf+Po (n = 1) and Pf+Pv (n = 1)