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Table 3 Results of missed slides and misidentified slides when controlled by expert microscopists

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

 

Results of participants

Results of controllers

 

Misidentification

Hospital 1

P. malariae

P. falciparum

Hospital 4

P. vivax

P. ovale

 

LFN

Hospital 1

Negative

Spirochetes

Hospital 2

Negative

Spirochetes

Hospital 4

Negative

P. falciparum, 95 p/μl

HC 4

Negative

P. ovale

HC 11

Negative

P. ovale

HC 11

Negative

P. falciparum, 155 p/μl