Table 1 Screening of bird blood samples for haemosporidian infections. The first column shows the number of positive samples out of the total screened (203 in Indiaa, 191 in Swedenb) for each of the methods. The columns to the right (neg) show the number of samples that were negative for the other methods
| Â | Positive (Prevalence %) | Nestedneg | Enzneg | qPCRneg | Smearneg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
India | |||||
 Nested | 134 (66.0) | na | 7 | 1 | 7 |
 Enz | 188 (92.6) | 53 | na | 3 | 10 |
 qPCR | 199 (99.0) | 63 | 20 | na | 13 |
 Smear | 187 (92.1) | 61 | 17 | 3 | na |
 Total | 199 (99.0) |  |  |  |  |
Sweden | |||||
 Nested | 103 (53.9) | na | 10 | 7 | 33 |
 Enz | 95 (49.7) | 2 | na | 3 | 25 |
 qPCR | 103 (53.9) | 7 | 11 | na | 33 |
 Smear | 71 (37.17) | 1 | 1 | 1 | na |
 Total | 111 (58.1) |  |  |  |  |