Table 6.

Relative copy number difference in kinetoplast mini- and maxicircle sequences between the indicated Leishmania species

Leishmania species	Relative copy no.
	Maxicircle	Minicircle
L. donovani complexa
L. (L.) chagasi	6.75	4.21
L. (L.) chagasi (attenuated)	4.36	1.85
L. (L.) donovani	2.34	7.19
L. (L.) infantum	1.00	1.00
Mean ± SE fold increase	3.6 ± 1.45	3.5 ± 1.6
L. donovani isolatesb
L. (L.) donovani (reference)	1.00	1.00
L. (L.) donovani 1	0.38	0.21
L. (L.) donovani 2	0.23	0.16
L. (L.) donovani 3	0.39	0.23
L. (L.) donovani 4	1.72	0.66
L. (L.) donovani 5	0.41	0.23
L. (L.) donovani 6	0.99	1.80
L. (L.) donovani 7	0.56	1.03
Mean ± SE fold decrease/increase	2.2 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 0.8
L. tropica isolatesc
L. (L.) tropica 1	1.00	1.00
L. (L.) tropica 2	1.99	1.53
L. (L.) tropica 3	4.25	5.64
L. (L.) tropica 4	3.92	2.76
L. (L.) tropica 5	1.04	1.72
Mean ± SE fold increase	2.4 ± 0.8	2.5 ± 0.9

^aRelative copy number difference in kinetoplast mini- and maxicircle sequences between the indicated Leishmania donovani complex species. Expression changes are relative to the results for the L. (L.) infantum sample.

^bRelative copy number difference in maxi- or minicircle DNA between 8 isolates of L. donovani. Expression changes are relative to the results for the L. (L.) donovani reference sample.

^cRelative copy number difference in maxi- or minicircle DNA between 5 isolates of L. tropica. Expression changes are relative to the results for the L. (L.) tropica 1 sample.