Detection of Leishmania tarentolae in lizards, sand flies and dogs in southern Italy, where Leishmania infantum is endemic: hindrances and opportunities

Table 3 Positivity for Leishmania tarentolae in different tissue samples from lizards (Podarcis siculus) tested by duplex quantitative PCR

Intestine				Heart				Kidney				Liver				Lung				Spleen				Skeletal muscle
P/T (%)	Cq			P/T (%)	Cq			P/T (%)	Cq			P/T (%)	Cq			P/T (%)	Cq			P/T (%)	Cq			P/T (%)	Cq
P/T (%)	M	Min–max	SD	P/T (%)	M	Min-max	SD	P/T (%)	M	Min–max	SD	P/T (%)	M	Min-max	SD	P/T (%)	M	Min-max	SD	P/T (%)	M	Min–max	SD	P/T (%)	M	Min–max	SD
1/28 (3.6)	37.7	na	na	4/28 (14.2)	33.2	29.5–35.2	2.6	2/28 (7.1)	29.8	26.7–33.0	4.5	4/28 (14.2)	32.1	24.7–37.1	5.7	6/28 (21.4)	34.7	32.5–37.5	1.7	4/28 (14.3)	34.0	31.9–36.5	2.2	1/28 (3.6)	33.6	na	na

The mean (M), minimum (Min), maximum (Max) and standard deviation (SD) values of the cycle of quantification (Cq) are reported
P/T Positive/total, na not applicable

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