Research Article

Evaluation of Actin-1 Expression in Wild Caught Wuchereria bancrofti-Infected Mosquito Vectors

Table 2

Cycle threshold (Ct) values and calculations for relative fold change in the expression of the actin-1 gene.

SamplesCt testMean Ct (test)Ct ref (GAPDH)Mean Ct (ref)∆Ct test (mean Ct of test‐ mean Ct ref)∆∆Ct (∆Ct test‐∆Ct control)2−∆∆CtSDSEM

Infected A15.8718.93
15.8015.8118.8618.87−3.06
15.7718.82
−2.284.850.05730.033

Control A16.3317.12
16.2816.2517.0817.04−0.79
16.1316.91

Infected B15.618.47
15.6815.6718.5518.60−2.87
15.7418.6
−2.034.090.01320.008

Control B15.7816.62
15.8515.8216.6816.65−0.84
15.8216.66

A: Anopheles gambiae and B: Culex quinquefasciatus.