Low Frequency of Asymptomatic and Submicroscopic Plasmodial Infections in Urabá Region in Colombia

Table 3

Asymptomatic infections in Urabá region diagnosed by microscopy and molecular methods.

Patient	Thick Smear	RDT	PCR	Parasitaemia
				P/uL
1	P. vivax	P. vivax	Not available	160
2	P. vivax	P. vivax	P. vivax	1440
3	P. vivax	P. vivax	P. vivax	160
4	P. falciparum	Negative	P. falciparum	140
5	P. falciparum	Negative	Not available	80
6	Negative	P. falciparum	P. falciparum	-
7	Negative	Negative	P. vivax	-
8	Negative	Negative	P. vivax	-