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Volume 25, Number 6—June 2019
Research Letter

Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain

Maria Teresa Galán-PuchadesComments to Author , Mercedes Gómez-Samblás, Jose M. Suárez-Morán, Antonio Osuna, Joan Sanxis-Furió, Jordi Pascual, Rubén Bueno-Marí, Sandra Franco, Víctor Peracho, Tomás Montalvo, and Màrius V. Fuentes
Author affiliations: Universitat de València, Burjassot-Valencia, Spain (M.T. Galán-Puchades, J. Sanxis-Furió, M.V. Fuentes); Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain (M. Gómez-Samblás, J.M. Suárez-Morán, A. Osuna); Laboratorios Lokímica, Catarroja-Valencia, Spain (J. Sanxis-Furió, R. Bueno-Marí); Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (J. Pascual, S. Franco, V. Peracho, T. Montalvo); CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health, Barcelona (T. Montalvo)

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Table

Real-time PCR results for the 29 Leishmania infantum–positive Norway rats analyzed, Barcelona, Spain*

Rat no.
 Ct†
Estimated no. parasites
 SD
1 32.81 75.67 25.70
2 32.33 50.68 12.21
3 29.25 723.15 345.67
4 30.84 344.30 56.40
5 38.50 0.28 0.20
6 28.49 10.81 3.36
7 28.46 2,272.46 771.72
8 32.32 118.12 63.76
9 29.60 516.20 199.36
10 28.10 14.24 2.98
11 30.19 566.28 7.32
12 28.41 11.98 5.09
13 29.96 679.46 35.59
14 31.47 31.38 0.20
15 31.46 215.66 66.84
16 30.79 356.32 42.03
17 33.01 66.31 31.43
18 29.68 465.21 68.73
19 30.75 370.40 70.72
20 31.60 1.44 1.51
21 26.52 48.81 20.15
22 31.82 159.43 27.73
23 28.15 0.33 17.66
24 28.56 9.98 1.30
25 30.25 547.67 93.15
26 30.93 161.73 11.80
27 28.38 11.59 2.70
28 29.84 761.38 223.52
29 33.16 55.22 1.41

*Ct, cycle threshold.
†Mean values of the 3 replicates of each sample. Cutoff established: positive result, Ct <35; negative result, Ct ≥35.

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