Table 3 Extended stability results for dried Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 infected blood specimens
From: Dried Plasmodium falciparum-infected samples as positive controls for malaria rapid diagnostic tests
a) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3D7 PD | RDT 5 | RDT 2 | RDT 10 | ||||||
C | T | C | Pan | Pf | C | Pan | Pf | ||
Baseline | 1000p/μl | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++ | ++++ |
Week 12 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++++ | + | +++ | |
Week 21 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++++ | + | +++ | |
Week 26 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++++ | + | +++ | |
Week 35 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ND | |||
Week 38 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | |||
Week 41 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | |||
Week 46 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | |||
Week 52 | ND | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | ||||
C | T | C | Pan | Pf | C | Pan | Pf | ||
Baseline | 2000p/μl | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ |
Week 12 | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | +++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | |
Week 21 | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | |
Week 26 | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | |||
Week 35 | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | |||
Week 38 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | |||
Week 41 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | |||
Week 46 | ++++ | ++ | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | |||
Week 52 | ND | ++++ | ++ | +++ | ND | ||||
b) | 3D7 PD | RDT 1 | RDT 3 | RDT 7 | |||||
C | Pf | C | PV | Pf | C | T | |||
Week 52 | 1000p/μl | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | - | +++ | ++++ | +++ | |
2000p/μl | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | - | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ | ||