Table 4 |
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Relationship between parasite density and positive tests by nested PCR of saliva and urine samples from malaria patients with single infections. |
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Specimen |
Parasites/μl |
No. positives/Total positives by blood PCR (%) |
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P. falciparum |
P. vivax |
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Saliva |
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<1,000 |
5/7 (71.4) |
2/3 (66.7) |
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>1,000 |
25/34 (73.5) |
30/33 (90.9) |
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>5,000 |
23/27 (85.2) |
15/16 (93.8) |
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>10,000 |
18/19 (94.7) |
11/12 (91.7) |
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>50,000 |
8/8 (100) |
- |
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Urine |
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<1,000 |
2/7 (28.6) |
0/3 (0) |
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>1,000 |
17/34 (50.0) |
13/33 (39.4) |
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>5,000 |
11/27 (37.0) |
6/16 (37.5) |
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>10,000 |
10/19 (52.6) |
4/12 (33.3) |
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>50,000 |
5/8 (62.5) |
- |
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Note: Co-existence of both malaria species in three isolates was excluded from analysis. |
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Buppan et al. Malaria Journal 2010 9:72 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-72 |
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