Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Dispatch
Zoonotic Focus of Plague, Algeria
Table
Real-time PCR (LC) | Mean Ct value ± SD (LC) | MST (YP8) | MST (YP9) | No. fleas |
---|---|---|---|---|
+ | 29.56 ± 1.55† | + | + | 8 |
+ | 30.25 | + | – | 1 |
+ | 31.98 ± 1.13† | – | – | 11 |
– | ND | – | – | 75
*Examined by LightCycler (LC) and multiple spacer typing (MST) assays. Ct, cycle threshold; SD, standard deviation; ND, not done. |
*Examined by LightCycler (LC) and multiple spacer typing (MST) assays. Ct, cycle threshold; SD, standard deviation; ND, not done.
†p<0.05 between mean Ct values of fleas positive with LC assay only and fleas positive with MST and LC assays.
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