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. 2024 Mar 4;12:1326453. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1326453

Table 4.

qPCR of SARS-CoV-2 N gene (copies per mL).

Extended tissue Treatment Min. 1° Quart. Median Average 3° Quart. Max Range sd
Lumen cells Isotonic 0.0110 0.0313 0.0385 0.0465 0.0625 0.0884 0.0774 0.0263
Lumen cells Seawater 0.0179 0.0264 0.0400 0.0496 0.0630 0.1166 0.0987 0.0341
Intestinal epithelium Isotonic 0.0028 0.0103 0.0272 0.0312 0.0335 0.0825 0.0797 0.0282
Intestinal epithelium Seawater 0.0063 0.0119 0.0180 0.0169 0.0226 0.0254 0.0191 0.0075
Enteric capillaries Isotonic 0.0001 0.0005 0.0009 0.0010 0.0010 0.0036 0.0035 0.0011
Enteric capillaries Seawater 0.0000 0.0005 0.0033 0.0063 0.0091 0.0237 0.0237 0.0082
Lumen cells Isotonic 0.0039 0.0068 0.0084 0.0105 0.0103 0.0335 0.0296 0.0090
Lumen cells Seawater 0.0052 0.0071 0.0097 0.0105 0.0129 0.0192 0.0140 0.0046
Intestinal epithelium Isotonic 0.0001 0.0005 0.0015 0.0019 0.0022 0.0055 0.0054 0.0020
Intestinal epithelium Seawater 0.0002 0.0007 0.0011 0.0009 0.0013 0.0013 0.0011 0.0004
Enteric capillaries Isotonic 0.0000 0.0001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0002 0.0008 0.0008 0.0003
Enteric capillaries Seawater 0.0000 0.0001 0.0014 0.0025 0.0053 0.0063 0.0063 0.0027

Min., Minimum; 1° Quart., First quartile; median, average; 3° Quart., third quartile, maximum, range, and standard deviation (SD) relating to N gene for segments analyzed and for treatments.