Table 3.

Evaluation of F1/Y. pestis in simulated samples. The human serum has the same detection limit as that in PCB (10³ CFU/ml and 4 ng/ml), while the limitation has decreased for mouse blood and BAL

Specimen types	PCB				Human serum				Mouse blood				Bronchoalveolar lavage
	Y. pestis (CFU mL− 1)		F1 protein (ng mL− 1)		Y. pestis (CFU mL− 1)		F1 protein (ng mL− 1)		Y. pestis (CFU mL− 1)		F1 protein (ng mL− 1)		Y. pestis (CFU mL− 1)		F1 protein (ng mL− 1)
	106	+	10	+	106	+	10	+	2 × 107	+	1000	+	2 × 107	+	1000	+
	105	+	5	+	105	+	5	+	2 × 106	+	100	+	2 × 106	+	100	+
	104	+	4	+	104	+	4	+	2 × 105	+	10	+	2 × 105	+	10	+
	103	+	3	±	103	+	3	±	2 × 104	±	5	±	2 × 104	+	5	±
	102	±			102	±							2 × 103	±