Table 2.

Antibody responses to SV40 T-ag in Syrian golden hamsters inoculated intravenously with SV40

Virus regulatory region	Presence of tumors	No. positivea/No. tested (%)
		Intravenous inoculationb	Intraperitoneal inoculationc
2E (complex)	Yes	13/14 (93)	18/18 (100)
	No	20/20 (100)d	99/136 (73)e
1E (simple)	Yes	5/5 (100)	57/64 (89)
	No	11/13 (85)d	35/86 (41)e

^aAntibodies to SV40 T-ag were detected using an indirect immunofluorescence assay (Vilchez et al., 2004).

^bSera were collected when tumor-bearing animals were sacrificed or when experiment was terminated 8 months after inoculation. Sera were not available from animals that died without necropsy.

^cFrom Sroller et al. (2008).

^dP = 0.0001.

^eP = 0.0001.