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Table 2 General characteristics of the evaluation slides

From: Quality assessment of malaria microscopic diagnosis at the Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital of Dakar, Senegal, in 2020

Slide No

References

Results

Species/PD (number of parasites/μl)

PD Margins

Bottom margin

Top margin

1

Negative

   

2

Positive

Pm

  

3

Positive

Pf/175

  

4

Positive

Po

  

5

Negative

   

6

Positive

Pf/366

275

458

7

Positive

Pm

  

8

Negative

   

9

Positive

763

572

954

10

Positive

Pf + Po

  

11

Negative

   

12

Positive

Pf/175

  

13

Positive

Pf/1483

1112

1854

14

Positive

Pm

  

15

Negative

   

16

Negative

   

17

Positive

Pf/60500

45,375

75,625

18

Positive

Pv

  

19

Positive

Pf/2160

1620

2700

20

Positive

Pf/175

131

219

  1. Margin: 25% around the true value of the reference PD
  2. Pf Plasmodium falciparum, Pm Plasmodium malariae, Pv Plasmodium vivax, Po Plasmodium ovale, PD parasite density