Table 2 Parasite identification reported by the China National Malaria Diagnosis Reference Laboratory in Malaria Microscopy EQA, 2021–2022
Slide | Round 1 (2021) | Round 2 (2021) | Round 1 (2022) | Round 2 (2022) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expected response | Score | Expected response | Score | Expected response | Score | Expected response | Score | |
1 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 |
2 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 |
3 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 | Negative | 3 |
4 | P. falciparum | 3 | Negative | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 |
5 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 |
6 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 |
7 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 |
8 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 |
9 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. falciparum | 3 |
10 | P. vivax | 0 | P. falciparum | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 |
11 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 |
12 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 |
13 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 |
14 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 3 | P. vivax | 0 |
15 | P. malariae | 3 | P. knowlesia | - | P. falciparum and P. malariae | 3 | P. malariae | 3 |
Total | 42 | 42 | 45 | 42 | ||||