Table 1.
Sex, age, and West Nile virus viremia titers (Log10 PFU/mL) in experimentally infected eastern gray squirrels (limit of detection was 102 PFU/mL)
| Days post infection |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex* | Age† | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| M | J | < 2.0 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| M | J | < 2.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| M | A | < 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| M | A | < 2.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| M | A | < 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| F | J | < 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| F | J | < 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| F | J | < 2.0 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 2.4 |
| F | A | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| Mean (± SD) | 3.7 ± 0.4 | 5.1 ± 0.4 | 4.8 ± 0.5 | 3.8 ± 0.7 | ||
*
M = males: 4.4 ± 0.72 PFU/mL; F = females: 4.2 ± 0.88 PFU/mL (repeated-measures analysis of variance [ANOVA]: F1,7 = 0.163, P = 0.698).
†
J = juveniles: 4.24 ± 0.84 PFU/mL; A = adults: 4.5 ± 0.73 PFU/mL; (repeated-measures ANOVA: F1,7 = 1.244, P = 0.302).