Molecular Detection of Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Matched Peripheral and Placental Blood Samples from Delivering Women in Libreville, Gabon

Table 4

PCR results by compartment.

PCR results	MN peripheral/MN placental			MN peripheral/MP placental			MP peripheral/MN placental
	All	2005	2011	All	2005	2011	All	2005	2011
Neg peripheral/neg placental	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neg peripheral/pos placental	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pos peripheral/neg placental	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Pos peripheral/pos placental	28	15	13	6	3	3	4	1	3
Total pairs	33	20	13	6	3	3	5	1	4

Neg: PCR negative; Pos: PCR positive; MN: microscopy negative; MP: microscopy positive.