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Fig. 2

From: Diagnostic challenges of prolonged post-treatment clearance of Plasmodium nucleic acids in a pre-transplant autosplenectomized patient with sickle cell disease

Fig. 2

Patient’s course of microscopy and molecular PCR and qRT-PCR assay positivity. a Graphical correlation of microscopy-based parasitaemia (%, right axis) with detection of Plasmodium DNA by a multiplex malaria DNA PCR assay (represented as 1/cycle threshold (1/Ct), left axis) from days-18 to 45. b Retrospective qRT-PCR performed on samples from days-18 to 45. Estimated (Est.) parasites/mL is based on the pan-Plasmodium 18S rRNA channel; the black bar shows the date range where gametocyte mRNA was also qualitatively detected. Parasite burden on days 41 and 45 was below the limit of detection (not detected [ND] < 20 parasites/mL)

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