False positive circumsporozoite protein ELISA: a challenge for the estimation of the entomological inoculation rate of malaria and for vector incrimination

Table 2 P. falciparum CSP-ELISA results and confirmation by Plasmodium spp. specific PCR

The distinction into anthropophilic and zoophilic trend is made based on the results presented in Trung et al[31].
* The +1 mentioned between brackets means that the Plasmodium spp. specific PCR was positive, but cloning and subsequent sequencing of the PCR product revealed the presence of P. malariae instead of P. falciparum.
¹ All PCR confirmed specimens were molecularly identified as An. dirus s.s.
² The PCR confirmed specimen was molecularly identified as An. minimus s.s.
na = not applicable.

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