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. 2012 May 30;7(5):e37973. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037973

Table 1. Rhesus macaques and enteric caliciviruses used for experimental inoculation.

Rhesus Age Virus Inoculum, Genotype Virus Stock Dose per Inoculation
N Macaque [Years] Subspecies & Host of Origin Designation [RNA copies per animal]
1 HC55 2.5 Indian TV, GI.1, rhesusa M33 3/2 10 ml (1×06)
2 HI77 2.5 Indian TV, GI.1, rhesus M33 3/2 10 ml (1×106)
3 HB61 2.5 Indian TV, GI.1, rhesus M33 3/2 10 ml (1×106)
4 HB11 3.0 Indian NoV, GII/2 & GII/4, humanb NF2002, 2003 3 ml (1×105)c
5 GI96 4.0 Indian NoV, GII/2 & GII/4, human NF2002, 2003 3 ml (1×105)
a

Tulane Virus i.e. rhesus enteric CV; bHuman NoVs GenBank #s: JQ320072 and JQ320073; cBacteria-free filtrate of 20% stool suspension in PBS. TV and NoV-inoculated animals were kept separated in devoted BSL2 rooms. The total dosage of TV was 106 viral RNA copies per animal.