External quality assessment of malaria microscopy diagnosis among public health facilities in West Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 3 Result of species identification between participated health facility and APHI slide readers in West Amhara Region from July 2013 to October 2014

Slide reading results	Four consecutive EQA blind rechecking rounds				Total
Slide reading results	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
P. f as P. f	153	121	93	179	546
P. f as P. v	5	2	7	3	17
P. f as mixed	4	3	2	4	13
P. f as negative	2	2	0	2	6
P. v as P. v	155	174	244	175	748
P. v as P. f	7	26	10	3	46
P. v as mixed	12	9	2	4	27
P. v as negative	7	6	3	1	17
Mixed as mixed	4	0	4	9	17
Mixed as P. f	0	0	1	1	2
Mixed as P. v	1	0	1	0	2
Mixed as negative	0	0	0	0	0
Negative as negative	411	427	402	404	1644
Negative as P. f	8	3	4	1	16
Negative as P. v	31	24	9	2	66
Negative as mixed	1	0	0	0	1
Total	801	797	762	788	3148

P. f: Plasmodium falciparum, P. v: Plasmodium vivax, Mixed: P. f and P. v

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