Table 2.

Median (standard deviation) concentration and range of the concentration (Log10 copies/mL) of total Mycobacteria, M. tuberculosis Complex, M. tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. bovis and M. caprae in influent and effluent wastewater at the three WWTPs.

	WWTP A				WWTP B				WWTP C
	Influent		Effluent		Influent		Effluent		Influent		Effluent
	Median(±SD∗)	Range	Median(±SD)	Range	Median(±SD)	Range	Median(±SD)	Range	Median(±SD)	Range	Median(±SD)	Range
Total mycobacteria	4.9 (0.2)	4.8–5.2	4.4 (0.03)	4.3–4.4	4.8 (0.06)	4.8–4.9	3.9 (0.15)	3.8–4.2	4.8 (0.47)	4.4–5.2	4.0 (0.8)	3.2–4.7
MTBC#	4.0 (0.85)	2.3–4.2	2.9 (0.94)	1.8–3.9	3.8 (0.33)	3.2–4.0	3.4 (0.52)	2.8–4.0	3.3 (0.52)	2.5–3.8	3.0 (0.44)	2.5–3.4
M. tuberculosis	3.9 (0.31)	3.3–4.0	3.5 (0.34)	3.3–4.1	3.9 (0.54)	2.9–4.1	3.7 (0.44)	3.2–4.1	2.8 (0.75)	2.8–4.3	2.7 (0.62)	2.5–3.8
M. africanum	2.3 (0.29)	2.0–2.7	2.5 (0.31)	2.0–2.7	2.5 (0.29)	2.2–2.8	2.3 (0.18)	2.2–2.6	2.7 (0.42)	2.1–3.1	2.5 (0.16)	2.3–2.6
M. bovis	4.0 (0.29)	3.5–4.2	2.8 (0.97)	2.0–4.1	3.8 (0.43)	3.4–4.2	3.8 (0.74)	2.5–4.1	3.6 (0.44)	3.2–4.2	3.9 (0.68)	3.2–4.5
M. caprae	4.0 (0.36)	3.7–4.5	3.7 (0.36)	3.2–4.1	4.5 (0.52)	3.5–4.7	4.3 (0.87)	2.7–4.6	4.1 (0.81)	2.5–4.3	3.8 (0.84)	2.7–4.6

^∗Means Standard deviation.

^#refers to M. tuberculosis complex, n = 4.