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. 2013 Jul 2;8(7):e68537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068537

Table 2. Oral shedding in naive American robins experimentally infected with WNV as determined by RRT-PCR.

DPI
Dose Bird 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14
100.95 PFU 407
426
404 + + +*
415
418
101.26 PFU 408 + +*
403 +
422
419
429
416
420
102.15 PFU 428 + + + + + + + + +
433 +
434 + +
413 + + + +
423 + + +
103.15 PFU 417 + + + + + +
410 + + + +
424 + +
425 + + + + + + +
405 + + +
401
430 + +

Presumptive positive flavivirus (non-WNV) exposure (bELISA MAb 6B6C-1), 0 dpi

*

Bird died on the dpi indicated

- No WNV RNA detected (Ct ≥ 37; or Undetermined)

+

WNV RNA detected (Ct < 37)