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Fig. 1 | Gut Pathogens

Fig. 1

From: Proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain TW11681 in stools of experimentally infected human volunteers

Fig. 1

Percent DNA from TW11681 in stools from experimentally infected human volunteers. Four replicates, two of which were based on tenfold diluted template DNA, were performed on DNA isolated from one stool specimen from each day from each volunteer. Results are presented as the weight percentage of the DNA isolated from the specimen that originated from TW11681. Open () or closed () circles at the bottom of each graph indicate that no stools were passed, or that passed stools were not analyzed, respectively, on the given day. Crosses (×) or plusses (+) show the estimated TW11681 DNA percentages for individual qPCR runs where the results fell inside or outside the linear dynamic range of the assay, respectively. Results from all replicates are plotted, but some individual points may not be discernible due to overlap. The line-graphs represent the average percentage of all four replicates. The gray horizontal bars indicate which days the volunteers had ETEC microbiologically detected in their stool samples (“ETEC+”), were receiving ciprofloxacin treatment (“Cipro”), had abdominal pains or cramps (“Abd.”), or had diarrhea (“Dia.”)

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