Table 1. Competitive indices (CI) of ΔmsrA, ΔmsrB and ΔmsrAΔmsrB versus wild type on day 1 post infection.

Strains	CI liver 1 day p.i.	P-value*	CI spleen 1 day p.i.	P-value*
ΔmsrA vs. WT	0.69±0.11	<0.05	0.81±0.10	<0.05
ΔmsrB vs. WT	1.01±0.27	>0.05	0.93±0.27	>0.05
ΔmsrAΔmsrB vs. WT	0.72±0.21	<0.05	0.62±0.11	<0.05