Table 2.
Disease burden, yields of C. muridarum IFU recovered from the lungs and Cm-specific IgA and IFN-γ in the lungs at day 10 p.c.
| Vaccine | D10 BWC^ (%) Mean ± 1SE |
IFN-γ in lungs (pg/ml) Mean ± 1SE |
IgA in lungs (OD405nm) Mean ± 1SE |
#IFU in lungs Median (Min-Max) ×106 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOMP/P/C-1 | −3.12 ± 0.85a | 387 ± 169a, e | 1.699 ± 0.177a, e, f | 0.74 (BLD* – 15)h, i, j |
| MOMP/Ms/C-1 | −5.35 ± 0.78b | 1875 ± 418b | 0.496 ± 0.017b | 1.6 (BLD – 21.5)k |
| Ng-PorB/P/C-1 | −17.41 ± 1.71 | 12,620 ± 2160 | 0.349 ± 0.011 | 442 (0.52 – 4366) |
| Ng-PorB/Ms/C-1 | −10.62 ± 1.39 | 11,557 ± 2285 | 0.358 ± 0.01 | 44.9 (0.46 – 436.6) |
| MOMP/P/C-2 | −6.03 ± 1.50c | 584 ± 151c | 0.809 ± 0.032c | 0.66 (0.37 – 177.6)l |
| MOMP/Ms/C-2 | −5.11 ± 1.01d | 201 ± 40d, g | 0.674 ± 0.039d, g | 0.14 (0.02 – 146)m |
| Ng-PorB/P/C-2 | −19.57 ± 1.93 | 5736 ± 1872 | 0.286 ± 0.013 | 125.8 (3.6 – 5161.5) |
| Ng-PorB/Ms/C-2 | −15.43 ± 1.59 | 2686 ± 429 | 0.298 ± 0.01 | 94.4 (7 – 3792.5) |
| EB | 0.19 ± 0.66 | 94.4 ± 11.9 | 2.315 ± 0.083 | BLD (BLD – 0.00045) |
| MEM-0 | −22.31 ± 1.62 | 1929 ± 315 | 0.241 ± 0.020 | 209 (24.8 – 2442) |
, BWC: body weight change;
, BLD: below limit of detection.
, p < 0.05 by the Student's t-test compared with the group immunized with Ng-PorB/P/C-1.
, p < 0.05 by the Student's t-test compared with the group immunized with Ng-PorB/Ms/C-1.
, p < 0.05 by the Student's t-test compared with the group immunized with Ng-PorB/P/C-2.
, p < 0.05 by the Student's t-test compared with the group immunized with Ng-PorB/Ms/C-2.
, p < 0.05 by the Student's t-test compared with the group immunized with MOMP/Ms/C-1.
, p < 0.05 by the Student's t-test compared with the group immunized with MOMP/P/C-2.
, p < 0.05 by the Student's t-test compared with the groups immunized with MOMP/Ms/C-1 or with MOMP/P/C-2.
, p < 0.05 by the Mann Whitney's U-test compared with the groups immunized with Ng-PorB/P/C-1 or with MOMP/P/C-2.
, p =0.05 by the Mann Whitney's U-test compared with the group immunized with MOMP/Ms/C-1.
, p =0.069 by the Mann Whitney's U-test compared with the group immunized with MOMP/Ms/C-2.
, p < 0.05 by the Mann Whitney's U-test compared with the group immunized with Ng-PorB/Ms/C-1.
, p < 0.05 by the Mann Whitney's U-test compared with the group immunized with Ng-PorB/P/C-2.
, p < 0.05 by the Mann Whitney's U-test compared with the group immunized with Ng-PorB/Ms/C-2.