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Table 1 Number of samples identified by Plasmodium genus and species assays*

From: A direct, sensitive and high-throughput genus and species-specific molecular assay for large-scale malaria screening

Genus/species

mCLIP-PCR

qPCR (singleplex)

Genus

47

47

Genus + 

53

53

Pf +, Pv −

14

14

Pf −, Pv + 

35

33

Pf +, Pv + 

2

2

Pf −, Pv −

2 (false −)

4 (false −)

Total

100*

100*

  1. Pf P. falciparum, Pv P. vivax, + Positive, − Negtive
  2. *100 samples of potential Plasmodium infections, identified from pooling test positives from a Plasmodium genus molecular screen of 4,580 asymptomatic samples, were subject to genus confirmation and species identification runs by mCLIP-PCR and singleplex qPCR