Table 3.
False-positive alleles detected per sample* |
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Sample composition | Total parasite density | msp1 | msp2 | TA40 | TA60 | TA81 | PfPK2 |
Single clone | 50–50,000 parasites/μL | 0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Three clones, ratio of 1:2:7 | 10,000 parasites/μL | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 |
50,000 parasites/μL | 0–1 | 3 | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 | |
Six clones, equal ratios | 300 parasites/μL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3,000 parasites/μL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30,000 parasites/μL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Six clones, various ratios (individual clones present at 5% to 60% of total parasite density) | 30,000–50,000 parasites/μL | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 |
Bold, no false-positive alleles were detected in samples in that category.