Exploration of tongue dorsum sampling to support clinical diagnosis of leprosy patients in the Comoros: A cross-sectional study
Fig 5
Cq-values of SPC measured in the different sample types.
The plots in the top row (a - d) depict the Cq-values stratified by RLEP positivity in the sample. The plot on the bottom (e) depicts only the samples with a negative RLEP qPCR result. Boxplots show the median of the SPC Cq-values with interquartile range; black dots represent outliers. The results of a Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test are depicted for the skin biopsies, ****: p-value < 0.0001, ns: not significant.