TABLE 2.
Human volunteer response to inoculation of live H. ducreyi strainsa
| Volunteer | Genderb | Days of observation | Strain | No. of initial papules | Final outcome of initial papule
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of pustules | No. resolved | |||||
| 244 | F | 5 | 35000HP | 2 | 2 | |
| 35000HPncaA | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 243 | F | 9 | 35000HP | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 35000HPncaA | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 247 | M | 3 | 35000HP | 1 | 1 | |
| 35000HPncaA | 0 | |||||
| 248 | F | 5 | 35000HP | 0 | ||
| 35000HPncaA | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 249 | M | 8 | 35000HP | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 35000HPncaA | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 250 | F | 7 | 35000HP | 3 | 3 | |
| 35000HPncaA | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 251 | M | 8 | 35000HP | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 35000HPncaA | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 242 | F | 6 | 35000HP | 3 | 3 | |
| 35000HPncaA | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 252 | F | 9 | 35000HP | 3 | 1c | 1 |
| 35000HPncaA | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 253 | F | 5 | 35000HP | 2 | 2 | |
| 35000HPncaA | 2 | 2 | ||||
a
Volunteer 244 was inoculated in iteration 1. Volunteers 243, 247, and 248 were inoculated in iteration 2. Volunteers 249, 250, and 251 were inoculated in iteration 3. Volunteers 242, 252, and 253 were inoculated in iteration 4.
b
M, male; F, female.
c
One site remained a papule at the time the subject reached the end point.