TABLE 3.

Survival, relative body weights, and organ weights of SCID mice infected with C. burnetii

Inoculum size (TCID50/0.5 ml)	Mouse mortality (%)	Survival period (days)a	Relative body weight of dead micea	Organ weight (mg) of dead micea
				Liver	Spleen
104	6/6 (100)	25.8 ± 1.7	0.73 ± 0.03	1,606 ± 250	467 ± 111
103	5/5 (100)	28.8 ± 2.6	0.78 ± 0.06	1,457 ± 165	629 ± 165
102	6/6 (100)	32.3 ± 0.5	0.81 ± 0.03	1,586 ± 135	806 ± 118
10	6/6 (100)	34.8 ± 0.8	0.85 ± 0.04	1,781 ± 188	999 ± 950
1	6/6 (100)	37.3 ± 2.3	0.86 ± 0.05	1,696 ± 293	1,018 ± 144
10−1	6/6 (100)	36.3 ± 1.6	0.90 ± 0.04	2,000 ± 144	1,150 ± 211
10−2	6/6 (100)	37.6 ± 0.8	0.89 ± 0.04	1,783 ± 132	1,107 ± 238
10−3	4/6 (66.6)	41.0 ± 2.9	0.91 ± 0.05	2,131 ± 276	1,151 ± 163
10−4	4/6 (66.6)	43.0 ± 2.5	0.94 ± 0.02	2,144 ± 193	1,251 ± 290
10−5	1/6 (16.6)	47b	0.89b	1,424b	1,306b
PBS (control)	0/6 (0)	60c	1.29c	1,185 ± 87c	39 ± 9c

^aMean ± standard deviation

^bData for one mouse.

^cData from euthanized mice.