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Table 2 Geometric mean parasite density (number of parasites per mosquito) and standard deviation of positive mosquitoes tested by qPCR captured with CDC light traps and mouth aspirator from either whole body DNA extraction, head/thorax and abdomen separately or in a pool of five mosquitoes

From: Mosquitoes as a feasible sentinel group for anti-malarial resistance surveillance by Next Generation Sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum

 

CDC light traps

Mouth aspiration (manual)

Total

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Whole body

40.6

54.3

40.6

87.9

40.6

67.8

Head/thorax

12.3

16.4

57.6

113.2

18.9

30.9

Abdomen

72.3

135.0

29.4

57.7

51.9

100.5

Pooled

59.1

119.5

38.6

0.4

55.3

102.5