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Table 8 Summary of the four assays

From: Comparison of commercial kits to measure cytokine responses to Plasmodium falciparum by multiplex microsphere suspension array technology

Measure

Bio-Rad

Invitrogen

BD

Bender MedSystems

Cost (1 = highest cost)

2

1

3

4

Time taken for assay completion

2 h 10 min

5 h

4 h

4 h

Time taken for reading samples

30 min

30 min

2 1/2 h

2 1/2 h

Mean correlation (duplicate wells)

0.95

0.82

0.95

0.96

Number of cytokines tested

17

10

11

7

Volume of sample needed

100 μl

100 μl

50 μl

25 μl

  1. The kits were compared in terms of cost, time for assay completion, correlation between duplicate wells, variability, number of cytokines detected and sample volume. Cost was based on quotes received from Spanish distributers (2007).