Table 4. Parasite loads in ATL clinical samples using qPCR assays targeting HSP70 and 18S rDNA.
HSP70 | 18S rDNA | |
---|---|---|
Positive samples | 59/88 | 77/88 |
True-negative samples | 20 | 6 |
Parasite load median (parasite equivalents) | 1922.74 | 1283.04 |
Maximum burden | 37991.56 | 27295.49 |
Minimum burden | 0.09 | 0.04 |
Interquartile range (25–75%) | 3.36–439.61 | 0.57–293.95 |
The median, interquartile ranges (25–75%), maximum and minimum burdens for the HSP70 and 18S rDNA positive samples were also calculated.