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TABLE 3.

Neuropathological evaluation of monkeys inoculated i.c. with ChimeriVax-JE FRhL3 FRhL5 or YF 17D (YF-VAX) and necropsied on day 30 postinoculation

Test virus Monkey Sex Dosea (log10 PFU/ 0.25 ml) Clinical scoreb maximum score/ mean daily score Individual and group mean histopathological score
Target areac Discriminactor areasd Target plus discrim- inator areas
YF-VAX (Connaught lot no. 0986400) RT702M M 4.05 1/0 2.00 0.51 1.26
RT758M M 4.28 1/0 0.25 0.01 0.13
RT653M M 4.07 1/0 2.00 0.39 1.20
RT776M M 4.25 3/1 2.00 1.29 1.65
RT621M M 4.34 3/2 1.00 0.46 0.73
RAH80F F 4.14 3/1 1.50 0.71 1.10
RAL02F F 4.13 1/1 2.00 0.80 1.40
RT698F F 3.78 3/1 1.50 0.64 1.07
RAI12F F 4.11 1/1 2.00 1.45 1.73
RP942F F 4.05 1/0 2.00 0.81 1.41
Mean 4.12 1 1.63 0.71 1.17
SD 0.16 1 0.59 0.42 0.47
ChimeriVax-JE, FRhL3 (lot no. 1031299A) RT452M M 3.55 1/0 0.50 0.08 0.29
RR257M M 3.52 1/0 1.00 0.14 0.57
RT834M M 3.71 1/0 0.50 0.38 0.44
RT620M M 3.71 1/0 1.00 0.14 0.57
RT288M M 3.76 1/0 0.50 0.19 0.35
RAJ98F F 3.79 1/1 0.00 0.11 0.05
RAR08F F 3.52 1/0 0.00 0.13 0.07
RV481F F 3.52 1/0 0.00 0.06 0.03
RT841F F 3.71 1/0 0.50 0.05 0.28
RT392F F 3.76 1/0 0.50 0.07 0.29
Mean 3.66 0 0.45 0.14 0.29
SD 0.11 0 0.37 0.10 0.20
P value (t teste) vs YF-VAX 0.037/0.025 0.00008 0.00191 0.00014
ChimeriVax JE, FRhL5 (lot no. 99B01) RT628M M 4.20 1/0 0.50 0.57 0.54
RT678M M 4.19 1/0 1.00 0.12 0.60
RT581M M 4.17 1/0 1.00 0.46 0.73
RR726M M 4.32 1/0 1.00 0.66 0.83
RR725M M NDf 1/0 1.00 0.33 0.67
RAJ55F F 4.27 0/0 1.00 0.14 0.57
RT769F F 4.44 1/0 1.00 0.58 0.79
RAK22F F 4.24 1/0 0.00 0.12 0.06
RT207F F 4.49 1/1 1.00 0.22 0.61
RT490F F 4.34 1/0 0.00 0.04 0.02
Mean 4.30 0 0.75 0.32 0.54
SD 0.11 0 0.42 0.23 0.28
P value (t test) vs YF-VAX 0.024/0.025 0.00154 0.02436 0.00248
P value (t test) vs ChimeriVax-JE, FRhL3 0.343/1.00 0.10942 0.03223 0.03656
a

Back titration.

b

Clinical score: 0, no signs; 1, rough coat, not eating; 2, high-pitched voice, inactive, slow moving; 3, tremor, incoordination, shaky movements, limb weakness; 4, inability to stand, paralysis, moribund, or dead. The maximum score on any day and the mean score over the 30-day observation period are shown.

c

Substantia nigra.

d

Corpus striatum and thalamus, right and left side (caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, putamen, anterior/medial thalamic nucleus, lateral thalamic nucleus, and cervical and lumbar enlargements of the spinal cord [six levels]).

e

Student's t test (two sided, heteroscedastic), comparing YF-VAX and ChimeriVax-JE viruses.

f

ND, not done.