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Table 2 Double blind trial of HOLA approach versus conventional PCR

From: A simplified high-throughput method for pyrethroid knock-down resistance (kdr) detection in Anopheles gambiae

Specimen

HOLA

PCR 1e

PCR 2e

NK5a

SS

SS

SS

NK6

SS

X

SS

NK7

RR

RR

RR

NK8

SS

SS

SS

Kenya 1b

SS

X

SS

Kenya 2

SS

X

SS

Kenya 3

RS

X

RR

Thyolo 7c

SS

SS

SS

Thyolo 33

SS

SS

SS

Thyolo 34

SS

X

SS

Thyolo 64

SS

X

SS

Thyolo 75

SS

X

SS

RSPd

RR

RR

RR

  1. aSpecimens labelled NK collected by Pie Muller, Ben Oloo, and Nadine Randle from Asembo, Kenya on 05/2004, DNA extracted by Ballinger-Crabtree method [15] on 09/2004. bSpecimens labelled Kenya collected by Pie Muller, Ben Oloo, and Nadine Randle from Asembo Bay, Kenya on 05/2004 DNA extracted by Livak method [14] on 08/2004. cSpecimens labelled Thyolo collected by Philimon Tambala and Bill Hawley from Thyolo, Malawi on 01/1995, DNA extracted by Ballinger-Crabtree method [15] on 09/1997. dSpecimen from RSP colony. Abbreviations: SS, homozygous susceptible. RR, homozygous resistant. RS, heterozygous. e Conditions for the PCR reactions were identical.