Table 3. Cross tabulation of results obtained with the three PCRs on 411 specimens from cattle under natural infection conditions.
Test | TvPRAC PCR | ||||||
Positive | Negative | Total | |||||
n | % | n | % | N | % | ||
18S PCR-RFLP | Positive* | 13 | 3.2 | 12 | 2.9 | 25 | 6.1 |
Negative | 21 | 5.1 | 365 | 88.8 | 386 | 93.9 | |
ITS-1 PCR | Positive* | 25 | 6.1 | 68 | 16.5 | 93 | 22.6 |
Negative | 9 | 2.2 | 309 | 75.2 | 318 | 77.4 | |
Total | 34 | 8.3 | 377 | 91.7 | 411 |
for the T. vivax-specific band.