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. 2014 Aug;88(16):8981–8997. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00907-14

TABLE 3.

Virus titers in respiratory swabs collected from H5N1 virus-infected animalsa

Virus strain Animal ID Virus titer (log10 PFU/ml)b in:
Bronchial brush at:
Nasal swab at:
1 dpi 3 dpi 5 dpi 7 dpi 9 dpi 1 dpi 3 dpi 5 dpi 7 dpi 9 dpi
VN3028IIcl3 1 3.1 1.0 1.0
2 3.5
3 1.3 1.3
VN30259 4 2.6 2.1 1.6 1.0 1.0 2.8 3.1
5 2.7 1.6 1.9 1.0
6 2.5
VN3040 7 3.3 3.8 5.4 3.7 1.3 3.1 3.7 2.5
8 1.9 2.5 1.0 1.0 4.0 2.8 2.7
9 3.7 3.8 5.2 3.9 Died 3.6 1.0 1.0 2.5 Died
VN3062 10 3.8 4.1 3.6 2.2 2.5
11 3.6 3.6 1.7 1.5 1.0 1.0
12 4.2 4.3 3.3
VN30408cl7 13 2.0 1.0 1.5 1.7 1.6
14 4.3 2.2 1.8 2.7
15
VN30850 16 3.2 3.3 2.0 1.0 1.0 3.4 2.5 1.0
17 4.8 1.9 1.6 2.2 4.0 1.5 1.5 1.9
18 2.0 2.7 2.6 1.0 2.6 1.6 2.8 2.8 2.0
a

Bronchial brushes and nasal swabs were collected every other day for virus titration after virus infection. Virus titers in the samples were determined by plaque assays in MDCK cells.

b

−, Virus not detected (detection limit = 1.0 log10 PFU/ml). dpi, days p.i.