Table 1 The efficacy and repeatability of the microfluidic device in the laboratory
Microfilariae level/50 µl blood | Number of microfilariae | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intra-assay variation | Inter-assay variation | |||||||
Trapped mf (mean ± SD) | CV (%) | Leaked mf (mean ± SD) | CV (%) | Trapped mf (mean ± SD) | CV (%) | Leaked mf (mean ± SD) | CV (%) | |
High (mean 30) | 27.22 ± 2.94 | 10.8 | 1.25 ± 0.83 | 66.4 | 31 ± 1.22 | 4.44 | 1.61 ± 0.55 | 34.16 |
Moderate (mean 15.5) | 15.44 ± 1.3 | 8.42 | 1.56 ± 1.2 | 76.9 | 15.6 ± 0.89 | 4.16 | 1.4 ± 0.55 | 32.49 |
Low (mean 7.5) | 5.25 ± 0.5 | 9.38 | 0.5 ± 0.58 | 94.6 | 5.8 ± 0.45 | 4.66 | 0.4 ± 0.55 | 45.8 |