Table 3.
RV5 shedding patterns and viral loads (copies per gram of stool) of infants with rotavirus positive stool specimens*
| Infant | Return interval (days)† |
Post-vaccination Day |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | ||
| 1 | 4 | 3.6×1011 | 4.4×1010 | 7.9×1010 | NS‡ | NS | § | |||
| 2 | 2 | NS | 3.6×1011 | 4.5×109 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 6.3×109 | 3.5×1011 | |||||||
| 4 | 0 | NS | 3.6×1012 | 1.4×1012 | ||||||
| 5 | 0 | 4.4×1011 | 4.8×1012 | 3.2×1010 | ||||||
| 6 | Unknown | 1.1×1012 | 7.9×1011 | 1.6×1012 | 7.9×1011 | |||||
| 7 | Unknown | 3.2×1012 | 7.0×1012 | 6.3×109 | 5.6×1010 | |||||
| 8 | 1 | 6.3×1011 | 3.2×1012 | |||||||
| 9 | 1 | NS | NS | 1.0×109 | NS | 7.8×109 | ||||
| 10 | Unknown | 9.6×109 | ||||||||
| 11 | Unknown | 5.4×108 | 1.5×109 | |||||||
| 12 | 8 | 6.6×107 | 7.8×109 | |||||||
| 13 | 3 | 3.2×109 | ||||||||
| 14 | 13 | NS | 4.0×109 | 3.2×1010 | NS | |||||
| 15 | 12 | NS | 7.9×1010 | 2.0×1010 | ||||||
| 16 | Unknown | NS | NS | 3.5×1011 | ||||||
| 17 | 10 | 1.3×1012 | 2.0×1011 | 5.4×108 | 7.8×109 | |||||
| 18 | 3 | NS | 5.6×1011 | 7.0×1011 | 2.5×108 | 1.6×1010 | 5.6×1010 | |||
| 19 | Unknown | NS | NS | 2.9×1010 | 3.0×1012 | 2.8×1012 | ||||
| 20 | Unknown | 2.7×1012 | 2.8×1011 | 3.5×1010 | ||||||
| 21 | 2 | 4.5×107 | 1.4×108 | |||||||
| 22 | 21 | NS | NS | 3.5×1010 | 2.0×1010 | 4.4×1010 | 5.4×1010 | neg |
Shaded boxes represent post-vaccination days with rotavirus EIA-positive specimens
Return interval = the number of days from post-vaccination day 9 to specimen return date
NS=no specimen
Specimen not tested