Figure 5. Analysis of lungs from mice treated with mAb 4E6 and 1H10 after infection with H5N1 virus A/Vietnam/1194/04.
(A) Viral copy number in the lungs at day 6 post-infection was determined using Q-PCR. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM. (B) Virus titer in the lungs at day 6 post-infection was measured using a plaque formation assay in MDCK cells. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM. (C) Histopathology in pulmonary tissue (40x magnification). 1) Mouse treated with mAb 4E6 at 24 hours post-infection. 2) Mouse treated with mAb 1H10 at 24 hours post-infection. 3) Mice injected with an irrelevant IgG at 24 hours post-infection were used as the control. HE: H&E staining. IHC: immunohistochemical staining using a mAb against influenza nucleoprotein.