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Table 3 Species mis-diagnosis results between participated laboratories and APHI malaria slide readers in each round of EQA from July 2017 to July 2019, west Amhara, Ethiopia

From: Performance of malaria microscopy external quality assessment and networking among health facilities in west Amhara region, Ethiopia

Slide Result

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

Total

Pf as Pv

13

21

12

6

4

14

6

8

84

Pf as mixed

8

8

8

1

4

6

2

3

40

Pv as Pf

8

4

0

4

2

25

12

18

73

Pv as mixed

4

0

2

0

0

6

2

7

21

mixed as Pf

5

15

9

12

2

5

3

3

54

mixed as Pv

3

31

38

8

3

5

2

1

91

Pf as negative

6

4

7

2

4

5

4

5

37

Pv as negative

3

2

5

5

1

8

8

8

40

mixed as negative

2

2

3

0

1

1

1

0

10

negative as Pf

8

2

8

5

5

5

6

8

47

negative as Pv

9

6

9

1

3

4

7

4

43

negative as mixed

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

1

3

Total

69

96

101

44

30

84

53

66

543

  1. Pf Plasmodium falciparum, Pv Plasmodium vivax