Table 2.
Pearson’s correlation values between individual and pooled qPCR-results (P-value) at both Smith College (SC) and Natural History Museum (NHM)
| Species | No. of positive samples correctly identified through pooling Field samples |
Pearson’s r-value (P-value) Field samples |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHM | SC | NHM | SC | |
| N. americanus a | 22 | 0.86 (P < 0.001) | – | |
| A. lumbricoides | 18 | 40 | 0.75 (P < 0.001) | 0.86 (P < 0.001) |
| T. trichiura | 30 | 32 | 0.41 (P = 0.025) | 0.32 (P = 0.070) |
| An. ceylanicum | 18 | 16 | 0.93 (P < 0.001) | 0.92 (P < 0.001) |
| S. stercoralis | 7 | 4 | 0.97 (P < 0.001) | − 0.07 (P = 0.926) |
a‘Seeding’ experiment results (available only at SC): 40 pools tested and identified as positive, Pearson’s r-value -0.26 (P = 0.112)