Table 1 Percentage of saliva samples that tested positive for P. falciparum by parasitemia level (n = 60 samples)
From: PCR-based detection of Plasmodium falciparum in saliva using mitochondrial cox3 and varATS primers
Number positive/number tested (% positive) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parasites/μl | n | 18S rRNA | cox3 | varATS |
Submicroscopic | 19* | 4/19 (21) | 9/19 (47) | 5/19 (26) |
< 1000 | 6 | 3/6 (50) | 3/6 (50) | 4/6 (67) |
> 1000 | 35 | 30/35 (86) | 34/35 (97) | 29/35 (83) |
All samples | 60 | 62 [49–73] (37/60) | 77 [64–86] (46/60) | 68 [56–79] (41/60) |