Table 2 Comparison of the efficiency of thick-film microscopy and PCR
From: PCR-based detection of Plasmodium falciparum in saliva using mitochondrial cox3 and varATS primers
Reference technique | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microscopy blood (2015) | 18S rRNA PCR saliva | cox3 PCR saliva | varATS PCR saliva | ||
Experimental technique* | Microscopy blood (2015) | 1.00 | |||
18S rRNA PCR saliva | 0.9 | 1.00 | |||
cox3 PCR saliva | 1.12 | 1.24 | 1.00 | ||
varATS PCR saliva | 1.00 | 1.11 | 0.89 | 1.00 | |