Table 3 |
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Detection of Plasmodium species by microscopy and real-time PCR in patients at day of inclusion |
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Real-time PCR, no. of patients |
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POS(a) |
NEG(b) |
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P. falciparum |
non-P. falciparum sp |
Mixed Plasmodium sp.(c) |
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Microscopy |
P. falciparum |
54 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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P. ovale |
2 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
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P. malariae |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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P. vivax |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Plasmodium sp |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mixed infection |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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NEG(b) |
5 |
2 |
0 |
26 |
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(a)POS, positive; (b)NEG, negative; (c)Mixed Plasmodium sp, P. falciparum + non-P. falciparum sp. |
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Safeukui et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:70 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-70 |
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