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Table 2 Diagnostic results of T. cruzi infection generated by conventional multiplex PCR (cPCR) and optical microscopy in field-collected triatomines. Conventional PCR (cPCR) was considered as gold standard

From: Development of conventional and real-time multiplex PCR-based assays for estimation of natural infection rates and Trypanosoma cruzi load in triatomine vectors

 

Field triatomine samples (n = 205)

cPCR +

cPCR -

Microscopy +

3 (7%)

–

Microscopy -

40 (93%)

162 (100%)

Total

43

162