Figure 2. Blood bacterial load of the test strains in the infected mice.
All data are from two independent experiments. E/HV: epidemic or highly virulent group, V: virulent group, I/WV: intermediately or weakly virulent group. *Significant, P<0.05, two asterisks (**): the value of group E/HV compared to group V and I/WV. One asterisk (*): the value of group V compared to group I/WV.
