Table 2. Severity of histological lesions in samples of EBOV challenged animals after treatment (second efficacy study).
Lesion | Placebo | NB-DNJ | Untreated | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
Liver | Hepatocyte vacuolation | Mod | WNL | Min | Mkd | Mkd | WNL | Min | WNL | Mkd | Mild | Mkd | Mild |
Focal necrosis | Mild | Min | Mild | WNL | Min | Min | Min | Mod | Mod | Mod | Mod | Mkd | |
Focal mineralisation | Min | Mod | WNL | WNL | WNL | WNL | WNL | WNL | WNL | WNL | Mod | WNL | |
Splenic red pulp | Congestion | Mod | Min | Mod | Mod | Mod | Mild | Mod | Mild | Mild | Mod | Min | Mild |
Scattered single cell necrosis | Mod | WNL | Mod | Mod | Mild | Mod | Mild | Mod | Min | WNL | Min | Min | |
Patchy polymorph infiltration | Min | Mod | Min | Mild | Min | Mod | Mod | Min | Min | WNL | Min | Min | |
Splenic white pulp | Scattered single cell necrosis | Min | WNL | Mod | Mild | Mild | Mild | Min | Min | WNL | Min | Min | Min |
Lymphocyte depletion | Mild | Mild | Mild | Mild | Mild | Mild | Min | WNL | Mod | WNL | Min | WNL |
WNL (within normal limits, dark blue) and Min (minimal, light blue), Mild (white), Mod (moderate, pink) and Mkd (marked, red). Guinea pig 2 survived until day 14.