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. 2013 Aug 14;8(8):e71844. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071844

Table 2. IHC and PMCA CWD detection in offspring born to mock and CWD-infected muntjac.

Offspring cohort Dam’s CWD status Dam # Offspring #/status Offspring IHC Offspring PMCA
Full term viable Positive 11 24/cl, fair 58 mpb 40*/102dpb 376dpb
45 53/cl, term 45 mpb 504*dpb 107*/301dpb
46 55/cl, term 40 mpb 465*/386dpb 386*dpb
Negative 16 20 Negative Negative
16 22 ND Negative
19 21 ND Negative
19 26 Negative Negative
Full term nonviable Positive 11 23 ND Pla, RLN, Sp, Ton, Pop, Mam
50 54 ND Ob, Mes
15 25 ND Ob, Pop
47 51 ND Ob, Pla, Mes, Iln, Pop
44 52/died 10 dpb ND Mes, Sp, RAMALT
43 56/died 2 dpb ND RLN, Mes
Negative 16 27/died 5 dpb ND Negative
In utero harvest Positive 47 57 ND Ob, Pla, RAMALT
45 58 ND Pla, Mes, Iln, I, RAMALT, Par
50 59 ND Pla
Negative 64 80 ND Negative

cl = clinical; fair = health condition; * = tonsil biopsy;  = RAMALT biopsy; term = terminated due to clinical TSE disease; ND = not done; Pla = placenta; RLN = retropharyngeal lymph node; Sp = spleen; Ton = tonsil; Pop = popliteal lymph node; Mam = mammary lymph node; Ob = obex; Mes = mesenteric lymph node; Iln = Ileocecocolic lymph node; RAMALT =  recto-anal mucosa associated lymphoid tissue; I = ileum; Par = parotid lymph node.