Table 1.

The efficacy and repeatability of the microfluidic device in the laboratory

Microfilariae level/50 µl blood	Number of microfilariae
	Intra-assay variation				Inter-assay variation
	Trapped mf (mean ± SD)	CV (%)	Leaked mf (mean ± SD)	CV (%)	Trapped mf (mean ± SD)	CV (%)	Leaked mf (mean ± SD)	CV (%)
High (mean 30)	27.22 ± 2.94	10.8	1.25 ± 0.83	66.4	31 ± 1.22	4.44	1.61 ± 0.55	34.16
Moderate (mean 15.5)	15.44 ± 1.3	8.42	1.56 ± 1.2	76.9	15.6 ± 0.89	4.16	1.4 ± 0.55	32.49
Low (mean 7.5)	5.25 ± 0.5	9.38	0.5 ± 0.58	94.6	5.8 ± 0.45	4.66	0.4 ± 0.55	45.8

Abbreviations: CV, coefficient of variation; mf, microfilariae; SD, standard deviation