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Table 1 Accuracy (% correct at each day) of age-grading mosquitoes using near-infrared spectroscopy and a partial least squares regression (PLS) cross-validation

From: Evaluating RNAlater® as a preservative for using near-infrared spectroscopy to predict Anopheles gambiae age and species

Strains

Preserved/Fresh

No. PLS Factors

n

1d

5d

7d

9d

12d

14d

15d

21d

<7d1

≥7d1

Total1

KGB An. arabiensis

Fresh

6

151

89.5

51.4

 

75.0

  

100

 

70.7

88.2

79.5

KGB An. arabiensis

Preserved

6

153

92.5

81.6

 

62.9

  

97.5

 

87.2

81.3

84.3

Dongola An. arabiensis

Fresh

6

127

87.5

59.3

 

86.5

  

97.4

 

72.5

92.1

84.3

Dongola An. arabiensis

Preserved

5

123

95.7

80.0

 

94.9

  

100

 

87.5

97.3

93.5

Ifakara An. arabiensis

Fresh

6

205

100

64.4

90.2

 

100

91.1

  

78.1

93.9

88.3

Ifakara An. arabiensis

Preserved

8

123

100

68.2

90.9

 

84.8

90.0

  

94.8

88.3

87.0

G3 An. gambiae s.s.

Fresh

5

150

100

33.3

 

92.1

  

100

 

65.3

96.0

80.7

G3 An. gambiae s.s.

Preserved

5

145

96.9

68.4

 

97.4

  

97.3

 

81.4

97.3

89.7

CDC An. gambiae s.s.

Preserved

5

147

91.7

 

94.6

  

97.2

 

100

91.7

97.3

95.9

Average

Fresh

            

83.2

Average

Preserved

            

90.0

  1. n -Number of mosquitoes
  2. 1Values have been presented as weighted mean.