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Minimum detection limit of dipsticks in various samples tested
| Dipstick name | Minimum detection limit for: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infected mouse whole blood (CFU/ml) | PBS spiked with purified F1 antigen (μg/ml) | PBS spiked with LcrV-F1 fusion protein (μg/ml) | PBS or normal mouse blood spiked with WT Y. pestis CO92 grown in vitro at 37°C (CFU/ml) | |
| Plague BioThreat Alert test strips | 1 × 105–5 × 105 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 × 105–5 × 105 |
| Yersinia Pestis (F1) Smart II | 1 × 105–5 × 105 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 × 105–5 × 105 |
