Fig. 2: Average zoospore genetic copies (pathogen load) among individuals in the swab-only group (N = 7) and the swab + NIRS group (N = 30) across the experimental study duration.
From: Near-infrared spectroscopy as a diagnostic screening tool for lethal chytrid fungus in eastern newts
Minima and maxima are indicated by whiskers, lower and upper interquartile ranges by boxes, medians by black horizontal lines, and means by white diamonds. Day 42 post exposure also included mortality swabs. Only individuals that had a positive qPCR detection are shown.
