Table 4.

Comparison of costs of methods for determining the sporozoite rate

Cost	Dissectiona	ELISAb	PCRa
Cost per sample (approximate)	$0.25	$0.50	$2.00
Capital equipment required	Microscope	Microplate reader	PCR machine
Training and rigour	Moderate	Extensive	Very extensive
Turnaround time per sample	30 minutes	3 days	2 days
Turnaround time per 1000 samples	Weeks	Weeks	Week (individual PCR); Days (pooled PCR)

^aHsiang et al., 2012;

^bUnpublished data.