Table 4.

Effects of 2'-FdC Treatment of BALB/c Mice Infected with Influenza/A/Vietnam/1203/2004 H5N1 Virus on Various Lung Parameters at Day 4 Post Virus Exposure

Treatment	Lung Score ± SD^a	Lung WeightSD ± SD^a	Virus Lung Titers ± SD (Log₁₀/g)^a
0.4% CMC	0.4 ± 0.22	0.17 ± 0.011	4.10 ± 1.052
2'-FDC (60 mg/kg/d)	0.4 ± 0.25	0.14 ± 0.014	3.60 ± 1.303
2'-FDC (30 mg/kg/d)	0.2 ± 0.27	0.13 ± 0.012^*	4.01 ± 0.713
Ribavirin (75 mg/kg/d)	0.6 ± 0.13	0.12 ± 0.014^**	1.42 ± 0.000^**

Values represent the arithmetic the standard deviation.

P<0.05,

^**

P<0.01 vs. 0.4% CMC treatment group by ANOVA and Newman-Keuls pairwise comparison test.