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Table 1 Malaria parasite species reporting and correction in Jiangsu Province

From: The challenge of maintaining microscopist capacity at basic levels for malaria elimination in Jiangsu Province, China

2013

2014

Reported*

Corrected**

Reported*

Corrected**

  

P.f

P.v

P.m

P.o

Mix

  

P.f

P.v

P.m

P.o

Mix

P.f

299

284

3

0

6

6

P.f

294

283

0

2

7

2

P.v

18

0

5

4

9

0

P.v

14

2

1

1

10

0

P.m

7

1

0

5

1

0

P.m

10

3

0

6

1

0

P.o

14

0

0

0

13

1

P.o

33

1

3

1

27

1

Mix

3

1

0

0

1

1

Mix

4

3

0

0

1

0

total

341

286

8

9

30

8

total

355

292

4

10

46

3

  1. *: All of the malaria cases were diagnosed using microscopic examination or the RDT method in sub-provincial CDCs, hospitals and PHCs and were reported to the Jiangsu provincial malaria department through the web-based China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention (CISDCP) within 24 h
  2. **: All of the blood samples in the reported malaria cases were rechecked using both microscopic examination and a PCR-based method in a provincial malaria reference laboratory