Table 1

Overview of sample origin

Species
microscopy
Origin of samples

P. falciparum
11
Kenya (KITa)
P. vivax
37
8 LUMCb, 24 Turkey (Izmirc), 5 Vietnam (KIT)
P. malariae
7
2 Kenya (KIT) 4 Kenya (Nijmegend)
P. ovale
4
3 LUMC 1 AMCe
Mixed infection
20
Kenya (Nijmegend)
P. berghei
12
LUMC (mouse isolate)

a. Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

b. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.

c. Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey.

d. Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

e. Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mens et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:80   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-80