Molecular and Microscopic-Based Characterization of Plasmodium spp. in Fars and Hormozgan Provinces, South of Iran

Table 1

Frequency of malaria cases (P. vivax, P. falciparum, mixed infection and negative cases) based on microscopy and PCR in different studied areas.

Species	Method of detection	Detection of parasites from patient smears in different regions No. (%)			Total
		Shiraz Centre	Jask Centre	Lengeh Centre
* P. vivax	PCR	69 (59.5)	17 (89.4)	9 (64.3)	95 (63.7)
	Microscopy	97 (83.6)	18 (94.7)	11 (78.6)	126 (84.6)
* P.  falciparum	PCR	13 (11.2)	1 (5.3)	1 (7.1)	15 (10.1)
	Microscopy	13 (11.2)	1 (5.3)	2 (14.3)	16 (10.7)
Mixed infection	PCR	21 (18.1)	1 (5.3)	0 (0)	22 (14.8)
	Microscopy	6 (5.2)	0 (0)	1 (7.1)	7 (4.7)
Negative	PCR	13 (11.2)	0 (0)	4 (28.6)	17 (11.4)
	Microscopy	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

∗Plasmodium.