Table 2 |
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Prevalence of P. falciparum infection in the placental, cord and infant's first parasitaemia as diagnosed by microscopy and PCR |
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| Sample |
Microscopy |
PCR |
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| Placental sample |
9.8 % (100/1,022) |
95 % (95/100) |
| Cord sample |
0.4 % (4/1,022) |
61% (61/100) |
| Infants |
19.1 % (18/100) |
19.1 % (18/100) |
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Mwangoka et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:117 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-117 |
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