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Table 3 Average melting temperatures and standard deviations (SD) for standard strains and additional strains (see Table 1 for further information on all strains tested)

From: Amino acid permease 3 (aap3) coding sequence as a target for Leishmania identification and diagnosis of leishmaniases using high resolution melting analysis

Species

Amplicon 1

Amplicon 2

Amplicon 3

Average

SD

Average

SD

Average

SD

 L. (L.) donovani

82.47

0.16

85.23

0.30

86.04

0.08

 L. (L.) infantum

82.51

na

85.02

na

85.67

na

 L. (L.) tropica

82.22

0.02

86.47

0.08

85.91

0.07

 L. (L.) major

82.29

0.24

85.90

0.11

85.57

0.04

 L. (L.) amazonensis

83.00

na

84.43

na

86.45

na

 L. (L.) mexicana

83.12

0.00

84.46

0.05

86.88

0.09

 L. (V.) lainsoni

84.39

na

na

na

85.88

na

 L. (V.) braziliensis

83.44

0.18

na

na

85.97

0.04

 L. (V.) guyanensis

83.83

0.15

na

na

86.14

0.11

 L. (V.) naiffi

83.89

0.26

na

na

86.00

0.21

 L. (V.) shawi

83.92

na

na

na

86.20

na

  1. Abbreviation: na not applicable, where only one strain was tested