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Table 2 Plasmodium species identification by q-PCR

From: Comparison of a PfHRP2-based rapid diagnostic test and PCR for malaria in a low prevalence setting in rural southern Zambia: implications for elimination

 

P. falciparum

P. malariae

P. falciparum and P. malariae

Total positive by q-PCR*

56

2

5

Also positive by microscopy

10

0

1

Also positive by RDT

30

0

2

Also positive by nested PCR

37

2

3

  1. *Of the 87 tested samples that were positive by RDT, microscopy or PCR, 24 were negative by q-PCR.
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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