Incidence of Malaria in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, Based on Nested PCR

Table 2

Comparison of Plasmodium species detection by nested PCR and microscopic examination.

Plasmodium species	Nested PCR	Microscopic examination
P. falciparum	20	17
P. vivax	20	25
P. malariae	0	39
P. knowlesi	63	0
P. falciparum/P. malariae	0	3
P. falciparum/P. vivax	2	0
P. falciparum/P. knowlesi	1	0
P. knowlesi/P. vivax	1	0
Negative	136	159
Total of positive samples	243	243