Table 1. Clinical signs and outcome of hamsters inoculated with NiV-M or NiV-B.

Inoculum	Dose (TCID50)	Survival (%)	Mean time to death (days)a
NiV-M	1×100	100	N/A
	1×101	100	N/A
	1×102	40	8.7±1.7
	1×103	0	7.2±1.9* b
	1×104	0	7±2
	1×105	0	5.8±0.7** c
NiV-B	1×100	100	N/A
	1×101	60	14±0
	1×102	100	N/A
	1×103	40	9±1.4* b
	1×104	20	8.5±1.1
	1×105	20	7.75±0.8** c

^aExcluding survivors.

^bSignificant difference between NiV-M and NiV-B at dose 10³ TCID₅₀,

^*p<0.05: Log-rank test.

^cSignificant difference between NiV-M and NiV-B at dose 10⁵ TCID₅₀,

^**p<0.01: Log-rank test.