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Table 1 Cell counts of Bartonella bacteria in deer keds using Bartonella-specific quantitative real-time PCR

From: Lipoptena fortisetosa as a vector of Bartonella bacteria in Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon)

Deer ked ID number

Number of Bartonella bacteria per ked

D8-Ked1

2.7 × 105

D8-Ked2

1.4 × 104

D8-Ked3

2.1 × 105

D8-Ked4

1.6 × 104

D8-Ked5

3.2 × 104

D12-Ked1

8.9 × 104

D13-Ked1

1.5 × 105

D13-Ked2

1.1 × 105

D13-Ked3

6.1 × 104

D89-Ked2

3.4 × 105

D91-Ked1

2.1 × 105

D91-Ked5

2.3 × 106

D93-Ked1

3.1 × 106

D93-Ked2

2.2 × 105

D93-Ked3

1.7 × 105

D93-Ked4

7.0 × 106

D96-Ked2

1.5 × 106

Mean number per ked (± standard error)

9.2 × 105 (± 4.2 × 105)