Table 1

Results of the comparisons between CS-ELISA (ELISA) and Cytb-PCR (PCR) using artificially infected mosquitoes

Pv-210

Pv-247

Pf


ELISA

PCR

ELISA

PCR

ELISA

PCR


Unfed mosquitoes detected negative

16

16

8

8

8

8


Unfed mosquitoes detected positive

0

0

0

0

0

0


Blood fed mosquitoes detected negative

0

3

11

14

12

14


Blood fed mosquitoes detected positive

30

27

19

16

18

16


Pv-210, Pv-247 and Pf are P. vivax 210, P. vivax 247 and P. falciparum, respectively.

Hasan et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:182   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-182

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