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Table 1 Cq values of the SL RNA qPCR assay with and without reverse transcriptase enzyme

From: Evaluation of a pan-Leishmania SL RNA qPCR assay for parasite detection in laboratory-reared and field-collected sand flies and reservoir hosts

With reverse transcriptase (RNA + DNA)

Without reverse transcriptase (DNA)

Cq difference

% DNA

15.0

19.7

4.8

3.7

27.4

30.8

3.4

9.8

23.6

27.7

4.2

5.6

14.8

21.5

6.7

1.0

14.0

19.2

5.2

2.7

15.6

20.9

5.3

2.6

16.3

20.7

4.3

5.0

13.7

20.2

6.5

1.1

16.1

20.4

4.3

5.0

14.4

20.7

6.3

1.3

Mean ± SD

 

5.1 ± 1.1

3.8 ± 2.7