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Table 1 Results of a blinded validation for automated MALDI-TOF MS identification of single eggs using our reference data base

From: Rapid protein profiling facilitates surveillance of invasive mosquito species

Species

No. identified eggs

No. unidentified eggs

Sensitivity %

Aedes albopictus

18

1

94.7

Ae. aegypti

19

0

100

Ae. atropalpus

14

0

100

Ae. cretinus

7

0

100

Ae. geniculatus

55

1

98.2

Ae. japonicus

23

1

95.8

Ae. koreicus

7

0

100

Ae. phoeniciae

7

0

100

Ae. triseriatus

22

0

100