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Table 3 Results for Wuchereria bancrofti DNA extraction in pools of laboratory-reared uninfected mosquitoes added (positive) or not (negative) with one experimentally infected mosquito.

From: PCR and dissection as tools to monitor filarial infection of Aedes polynesiensismosquitoes in French Polynesia

Pool size

Method A (Reference)

DNA sample fraction

191 bp band

225 bp band

Résults *

1

positive controls

1/20e

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

 

negative control

1/20e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

20

positive controls

1/20e

+ (n = 2/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 2/3)

 

negative control

1/20e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

30

positive controls

1/20e

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

 

negative control

1/20e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

50

positive controls

1/20e

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

 

negative control

1/20e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

Pool size

Method B (Qiagen kit)

DNA sample fraction

191 bp band

225 bp band

Résults

1

positive controls

1/20e

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

  

1/40e

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

  

1/240e

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

 

negative control

1/20e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

  

1/40e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

  

1/240e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

20

positive controls

1/20e

- (n = 3/3)

- (n = 3/3)

inh (n = 3/3)

  

1/40e

- (n = 3/3)

- (n = 3/3)

inh (n = 3/3)

  

1/240e

+ (n = 2/3)

+ (n = 2/3)

inh (n = 1/3)

  

1/1200e

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

 

negative control

1/20e

- (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

inh (n = 1)

  

1/40e

- (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

inh (n = 1)

  

1/240e

- (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

inh (n = 1)

  

1/1200e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

30

positive controls

1/20e

- (n = 3/3)

- (n = 3/3)

inh (n = 3/3)

  

1/40e

- (n = 3/3)

- (n = 3/3)

inh (n = 3/3)

  

1/240e

+ (n = 2/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 2/3)

 

negative control

1/20e

- (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

inh (n = 1)

  

1/40e

- (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

inh (n = 1)

  

1/240e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

50

positive controls

1/20e

- (n = 3/3)

- (n = 3/3)

inh (n = 3/3)

  

1/40e

- (n = 3/3)

- (n = 3/3)

inh (n = 3/3)

  

1/240e

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

+ (n = 3/3)

 

negative control

1/20e

- (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

inh (n = 1)

  

1/40e

- (n = 1)

- (n = 1)

inh (n = 1)

  

1/240e

- (n = 1)

+ (n = 1)

- (n = 1)