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Table 3 Number and proportion of total samples that were estimated to certain volumes by study week

From: Feasibility of community at-home dried blood spot collection combined with pooled reverse transcription PCR as a viable and convenient method for malaria epidemiology studies

Spot volume (µL)

Week 1 (n = 747)

Week 2 (n = 756)

Week 3 (n = 743)

Week 4 (n = 708)

All (n = 2955)

≥ 50

357 (0.48)

589 (0.78)

613 (0.83)

612 (0.86)

2171 (0.73)

40

126 (0.17)

108 (0.14)

108 (0.15)

78 (0.11)

420 (0.14)

30

114 (0.15)

38 (0.05)

21 (0.03)

15 (0.02)

189 (0.06)

20

87 (0.12)

16 (0.02)

1 (0.00)

3 (0.00)

107 (0.04)

10

41 (0.05)

3 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

44 (0.01)

< 10

22 (0.03)

2 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

24 (0.01)