Comparison of uPCR results at first ANC among women with a subsequent positive malaria smear.

The microscopic species was not always the same as the antecedent uPCR malaria species at first ANC visit. Nine out of the 10 episodes of mMiP following uPCR result of <i>P.</i> species, were <i>P. vivax.</i> Median (range) time from uPCR sample to microscopically detected malaria differed by uPCR result and submicroscopic species: 77 (7–232) days for uPCR negative (<i>n</i> = 115), 43 (7–203) days for <i>P. vivax</i> (<i>n</i> = 49), 32 (2–223) days for <i>P.</i> sp<i>.</i> (<i>n</i> = 8), 49 (42–51) days for <i>P. falciparum</i> (<i>n</i> = 3), and 49 (20–105) days for mixed infections (<i>n</i> = 5). (DOCX)