TABLE 5.

Numbers of genome copies of M. ulcerans in swabs of patients with Buruli ulcer

Sample	No. of copies/μla	SDb	CVc
1	20	1.1	10.3
2	106	4.0	7.5
3	240	10.0	8.3
4	13	0.4	5.9
5	20	0.9	9.4
6	333	11.5	6.9
7	720	28.2	7.9
8	16	2.5	31.4
9	46	26.5	11.5
10	5,267	115.5	4.4
11	460	200.0	8.7
12	105	1.5	2.9
13	14	0.6	8.9
14	970	7.1	1.5
15	1090	21.2	3.9

^a60 μl of extract was obtained per swab.

^bSD, standard deviation.

^cCV, coefficient of variation.