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. 2016 May 4;94(5):1020–1027. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0233

Table 2.

Number and percentages of positive pigs with Trypanosoma cruzi antigens in urine after experimental infection with trypomastigotes during 150 dpi*

dpi Band (molecular weight in kDa) Total number of positive animals (%)
75 80 120 150
0 (Before infection) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0)
15 3 (75%) 3 (75%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3/4 (75)
25 3 (75%) 3 (75%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3/4 (75)
35 3 (75%) 3 (75%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 3/4 (75)
45 3 (75%) 3 (75%) 3 (75%) 3 (75%) 3/4 (75)
55 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2/4 (50)
65 3 (75%) 3 (75%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 3 (75)
75 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 2 (50)
80 3 (75%) 3 (75%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 3 (75)
85 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 1/4 (25)
90 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2/4 (50)
95 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%) 1/4 (25)
150 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2/4 (50)

dpi = days postinoculation; kDa = kilodalton.

*

Urine samples from the noninoculated pig (negative control) were negative at all time points of urine collection.

Urine samples collected before infection were negative.

The presence of any of the bands of 75, 80, 120, and 150 kDa was considered to give a positive result.