Table 2.
Gross pathology in lungs of ferrets infected with H7N7/03 virus
| |
Gross pathological lung lesions on indicated time p.i. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Day 5 |
End of the studya |
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| Virus | No. of animalsb | No. of lobes | Area affected (%) | No. of animals | No. of lobes | Area affected (%) |
| chH7N7 |
2/3 |
1, 2 |
1, 3 |
3/4 |
1, 1, 2 |
1, 3, 3 |
| maH7N7 |
3/3 |
1, 2, 3 |
3, 3, 5 |
3/4 |
3, 5, 6 |
10, 25, 30 |
| mock | 0/3 | x | x | 0/4 | x | x |
aOn day 11 and 12 for the two fatal cases, on day 14 for all survivors.
bNumber of animals with gross lung pathology/total number of animals.
x = no pathological findings.