Table 2 |
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Species composition of isolates analysed by PCR (%) |
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| Collection area |
Number |
P. falciparum |
P. ovale |
P. malariae |
P. vivax |
|
|
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| Burkina Faso1 |
108 |
108 (100) |
6 (5.5) |
8 (7.4) |
0 |
| Congo |
851 |
341 (40.1) |
11 (1.3) |
8 (0.9) |
0 |
| Gabon |
206 |
102 (49.5) |
4 (1.9) |
1 (0.5) |
0 |
| Ghana1 |
352 |
352 (100) |
8 (2.3) |
45 (12.8) |
0 |
| Kenya |
722 |
459 (63.6) |
35 (4.8) |
84 (11.6) |
0 |
| Angola1,2 |
90 |
90 (100) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Mozambique1,2 |
90 |
90 (100) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
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| Rwanda1,2 |
99 |
99 (100) |
2 (2) |
1 (1) |
0 |
| Sao Tome1,2 |
70 |
70 (100) |
1 (1.4) |
0 |
1 (1.4) |
|
|
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| Total |
2588 |
1711 |
67 |
147 |
1 |
|
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1 Only P. falciparum positive samples were available for analysis 2 Only P. falciparum single species infections (diagnosed by microscopy) were analysed |
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Culleton et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:174 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-174 |
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