Table 1 Ct values of whole blood bacterial qPCR (n=5 per group)

BALB/c Mean±SEM

29.7±0.67

31.1±0.85

27.4±0.36

26.8±0.67

33.1±0.58

SKG Mean±SEM

28.1±0.22

28±0.98

28.3±0.45

28.1±0.4

34±0.36

BALB/c

Median, IQR

28.9 (28.9-30.6)

30.5 (30.5-30.8)

26.8 (26.8-28.3)

26.8 (26.2-27.0)

33.1 (33.0-33.4)

SKG

Median, IQR

28.4 (27.8-28.4)

27.9 (27.4-28.5)

28.6 (27.7-28.7)

28.2 (27.6-28.6)

34 (33.1-35.0)