Table 5.
Number of true and false positive specimens scored as colour intensity 1, 2 or 3 for P.falciparum ELISA
ELISA colour intensity score | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cambodia | Vietnam | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
True positives | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
An. dirus s.l. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
An. minimus s.l. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
False positives | 64 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 18 | 5 |
An. dirus s.l. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
An. barbirostris | 7 | 8 | 17 | na | na | na |
An. jamesii | 0 | 0 | 1 | na | na | na |
An. maculatus s.l. | 38 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 4 |
An. minimus s.l. | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
An. pampanai | na | na | na | 0 | 1 | 0 |
An. splendidus | na | na | na | 0 | 0 | 1 |
na = not applicable.