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. 2014 Oct 9;8(10):e3213. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003213

Figure 10. Geometric means of the bone marrow parasite loads over the course of the study.

Figure 10

The bone marrow parasite loads were assessed by quantitative RT-PCR targeting a 200 bp fragment of the kinetoplast DNA performed at months 0, 9, 15, 18, 21 and 24. When a dog died from leishmaniasis before M21 or M24 (natural death or euthanasia for ethical reasons), the last result available was reported until M24. The number of parasites per ml of bone marrow could thus be calculated, and the results are presented as the geometric mean for each group. Samples were considered as negative if the parasite load was inferior to 40 parasites per ml bone marrow. Error bars represent the SEM. The two groups were significantly differently over the duration of the study (p = 0.035).