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Table 5 Number of true and false positive specimens scored as colour intensity 1, 2 or 3 for P.falciparum ELISA

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

 

ELISA colour intensity score

   
 

Cambodia

Vietnam

 

1

2

3

1

2

3

True positives

1

3

7

1

2

6

   An. dirus s.l.

1

3

7

1

2

5

   An. minimus s.l.

0

0

0

0

0

1

False positives

64

20

20

28

18

5

   An. dirus s.l.

1

0

0

4

0

0

   An. barbirostris

7

8

17

na

na

na

   An. jamesii

0

0

1

na

na

na

   An. maculatus s.l.

38

10

2

23

15

4

   An. minimus s.l.

18

2

0

1

2

0

   An. pampanai

na

na

na

0

1

0

   An. splendidus

na

na

na

0

0

1

  1. na = not applicable.