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Invalid test No band appears in the control area Invalid test: do not interpret, consider if test was incorrectly performed or incorrectly stored
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Single band tests

Invalid test No band appears in the control area Invalid test: do not interpret, consider if test was incorrectly performed or incorrectly stored

For valid tests (1) A band appears in the species-specific area only Most common: the species is present and no other species is present Possible alternatives: There is a dual infection but the second species is not detected by the pan-species antibody* This is a false positive band*

(2) No band present in species-specific area Most common: the species is not present Possible alternatives: A faint band was present but not seen by observer* The species is present but not detected due to low parasite concentration (link to reasons) The species is present but not detected for technical reasons The species is present, but there is gene deletion of the target antigen (HRP2 tests) The species is present but exceeds test capacity due to very high parasite Pyrome effect (mainly HRP2 tests)