Table 5.

Group Mean Absolute White Blood Cell Count and Relevant Differential Data

		Laboratory value (mean)
Dose (vp/dose)	Day	WBC (103ml)	Neutrophil (103ml)	Lymphocyte (103ml)	Reticulocyte (103ml)
0	4	6.83	2.32	4.2	164.9
	8	6.11	2.17	3.66	549.8
	17	5.1	1.36	3.46	242.7
	56	5.7	1.29	4.15	141.7
1 × 109	4	7.43	2.46	4.55	186.8
	8	6.89	2.21	4.40*	492.3
	17	5.33	1.32	3.77	264.4
	56	5.61	1.17	4.21	124.7
1 × 1010	4	7.99	3.27	4.24	191.2
	8	6.61	1.97	4.32	629.7
	17	5.75	1.95	3.52	230.8
	56	6.55	2.27	4.02	167.2
1 × 1011	4	10.78*	4.84*	4.54	154
	8	11.60*	5.83*	5.35*	353.8*
	17	5.18	1.56	3.36	251.3
	56	5.39	1.25	3.89	140.5

^*Statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) difference from the comparison group (i.e. 0 vp/dose) when N > 2.

WBC: white blood cell count.