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Table 1 Parasite versus human DNA in Lymphoprep™ and cellulose-filtered, and Lymphoprep™-treated only samples

From: Cellulose filtration of blood from malaria patients for improving ex vivo growth of Plasmodium falciparum parasites

ID

Lymphoprep™ and cellulose-filtered

Lymphoprep™-treated only

Ct P. f.

Ct Human

% P. f. DNA

Ct P. f.

Ct Human

% P. f. DNA

4636

15.8

18.9

6

11.6

24.1

98

4638

18.7

ND

100

15.3

29.9

99

4647

14.5

33.7

100

   

4648

15.8

33.8

100

   

4649

17.1

32.8

100

   

4651

13.6

33.4

100

   

4656

15.4

ND

100

   

4658

12.1

21.0

77

15.8

20.6

16

4659

17.4

18.2

1

19.4

21.4

3

4660

12.4

21.5

80

15.8

22.3

39

4661

26.5

32.9

38

   

4662

18.5

31.0

98

21.0

25.0

10

4663

18.7

ND

100

16.2

24.5

69

  1. Ct-value for seryl-tRNA-synthetase and beta-2-microglobulin (b2m) specific primer pairs, fold change calculated as dCt between seryl-tRNA-synthetase and b2m, then normalized by the difference in genome size
  2. % P. falciparum DNA in a sample compared to human DNA
  3. ND none detected