Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Results of rPCR-DNA and of RT-rPCR performed on the samples from the blood units at different days post-infection (dpi), in whole blood units (WB) and leukoreduced blood units (LR-WB)

From: Survival of Rickettsia conorii in artificially contaminated whole and leukoreduced canine blood units during the storage period

PCR blood	WB units					LR-WB units
(dpi)	A	B	C	D	E	A	B	C	D	E
1	POS/v	POS/v	POS/v	POS/v	POS/v	POS/nv	neg	neg	neg	POS/nv
4	POS/v	neg	POS/nv	POS^a	neg	POS/nv	neg	POS/nv	neg	POS/nv
7	POS/v	POS^a	neg	POS/v	POS/v	POS/nv	neg	neg	neg	neg
14	POS/v	neg	POS/nv	POS/v	neg	POS/nv	neg	neg	neg	neg
21	POS/v	neg	neg	neg	POS/v	neg	neg	neg	neg	POS/nv
28	POS/v	POS/nv	POS/nv	POS/v	neg	POS/nv	neg	neg	neg	neg
35	POS/v	neg	neg	neg	POS/v	POS/nv	neg	neg	neg	POS/v

^aNot tested by RT-rPCR
Abbreviations: v, viable bacteria; nv, non-viable bacteria; POS/nv, positive rPCR only; POS/v, positive RT-rPCR

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