Surveillance of Food- and Smear-Transmitted Pathogens in European Soldiers with Diarrhea on Deployment in the Tropics: Experience from the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) Mali

Table 2

Median and mean cycle threshold (Ct) values of pathogens that were detected by PCR.

Detected pathogen	Median Ct-value	Mean Ct-value	Standard deviation
Salmonella spp.	27	27	—
Shigella spp./EIEC^1	17.5	18	3.0
Shigella spp./EIEC^2	13.5	14.7	2.7
Shigella spp./EIEC^3	12.5	13.7	2.4
EPEC	22	21.4	4.0
STEC^4	14	15.9	3.9
STEC^5	19	18.2	4.3
EAEC	19	19.2	3.5
Giardia duodenalis	25.5	25.5	3.5
Cryptosporidium parvum	27	27.7	6.0
Norovirus G1	20	24.3	8.4
Norovirus G2	17	16.6	4.3
Astrovirus	30	30	—
Rotavirus	22	22	—
Sapovirus	32	32	—

As detected by in-house PCR. ²As detected by RidaGene PCR targeting EHEC/EPEC/Shigella spp./EIEC. ³As detected by RidaGene PCR targeting ETEC and Shigella spp./EIEC. ⁴As detected by PCR targeting the stable toxin. ⁵As detected by PCR targeting the labile toxin.