Table 3. Cost analysis of silica adsorption and oligonucleotide capture assays.

Step	Traditional (pool size 50)	Traditional (pool size 100)	Oligonucleotide capture
DNA purification	6.08	3.04	3.11
PCR	2.36	1.18	0.59
ELISA detection	0.45	0.225	0.11
TOTAL	8.89	4.445	3.81

Costs are expressed as the cost to analyze 200 individual flies, in US dollars.