TABLE 5.
Recovery of Salmonella PhoPc L1S- and AroA L1S-encoding plasmids carrying either the ampicillin or the kanamycin resistance gene 2 weeks after ivag immunization
| Organ(s) analyzed | Mean log10 no. of Salmonella CFU bearing plasmid ± SEM
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% of bacteria bearing plasmid
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhoPc kanL1S | PhoPc L1S | AroA kanL1S | PhoPc kanL1S | PhoPc L1S | AroA kanL1S | |
| Vagina, cervix | 4.23 ± 0.22 | 3.88 ± 0.28 | 4.33 ± 0.04 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Uterus | 4.61 ± 0.35 | 2.31 ± 0.48 | 4.72 ± 0.14 | 100 | 21 | 100 |
| Iliac lymph nodes | 3.75 ± 0.15 | 3.18 ± 0.26 | 3.98 ± 0.14 | 100 | 31 | 100 |
| Spleen | 3.53 ± 0.13 | 1.87 ± 0.66 | 1.44 ± 0.30 | 4 | 1 | 100 |