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Table 1 Reported errors from participants on panel testing slides

From: Quality control of malaria microscopy reveals misdiagnosed non-falciparum species and other microscopically detectable pathogens in Senegal

Participants

Slide 1

Slide 2

Slide 3

Slide 4–8

Total errors

Hospital 1

Negative

  

P. falciparum

2

Hospital 5

 

P. ovale

  

1

HC 1

Negative

  

P. falciparum

2

HC 5

 

P. ovale

  

1

HC 8

Negative

P. vivax

 

P. falciparum

3

HC 10

Negative

   

1

Total errors

4

3

0

3

10

  1. Slide 1: P. falciparum, 192 p/μl
  2. Slide 2: P. falciparum, 28,000 parasites with Maurer dots (see Fig. 1)
  3. Slide 3: P. falciparum, with both trophozoites and gametocytes
  4. Slides 4,5,6,7 and 8: No parasites
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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