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. 2017 Jan 20;12(1):e0170335. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170335

Table 1. Microneutralization titers against homo- and heterosubtypic LPAIV in mallards.

The table shows microneutralization (MN) titers expressed in log2 (median and range) detected in samples collected at 14 days post inoculation with H3N8, H4N6, H10N7 and H14N5 LPAIV and at 1, 2, 3 and 4 months of age, respectively.

Age Group Primed with / Inoculum Group 1 Group 2
H3 Clade H7 Clade H9 Clade
H3N8 H4N6 H14N5 H10N7 H9N2 H12N5
Positive samples Median log2 MN titers (range) Positive samples Median log2 MN titers (range) Positive samples Median log2 MN titers (range) Positive samples Median log2 MN titers (range) Positive samples Median log2 MN titers (range) Positive samples Median log2 MN titers (range)
1 month G4,G5,G6 NaïvexMock- 0/15 0 0/15 0 0/15 0 0/15 0 0/15 0 0/15 0
G1,G2,G3 NaïvexH3N8 14/15 5.32 (0–8.32) 0/15 0 2/15 0 (0–4.32) 0/15 0 0/15 0 0/15 0
2 months G1 H3N8xH4N6 5/5 8.32 (6.32–8.32) 4/5 6.32 (0–8.32) 1/5 0 (0–5.32) 0/5 0 0/5 0 0/5 0
G4 MockxH4N6 0/5 0 3/5 4.32 (0–7.32) 2/5 0 (0–4.32) 0/5 0 0/5 0 0/5 0
3 months G1 H3N8xH4N6xH10N7 5/5 7.32 (6.32–8.32) 5/5 5.32 (4.32–7.32) 2/5 0 (0–5.32) 5/5 4.32 (4.32–6.32) 3/5 4.32 (0–4.32) 0/5 0
G2 H3N8xH10N7 5/5 6.32 (4.32–7.32) 0/5 0 1/5 0 (0–4.32) 4/5 7.32 (7.32–8.32) 0/5 0 1/5 0 (0–4.32)
G5 MockxH10N7 0/5 0 0/5 0 0/5 0 5/5 6.32 (6.32–8.32) 0/5 0 1/5 0 (0–4.32)
4 months G1 H3N8xH4N6xH10N7xH14N5 5/5 7.32 (6.32–8.32) 5/5 6.32 (5.32–8.32) 3/5 5.32 (0–6.32) 4/5 6.32 (0–7.32) 0/5 0 0/5 0
G3 H3N8xH14N5 5/5 7.32 (6.32–8.32) 2/5 0 (0–6.32) 4/5 6.32 (0–8.32) 0/5 0 0/5 0 0/5 0
G6 MockxH14N5 0/5 0 0/5 0 5/5 8.32 (7.32–8.32) 0/5 0 0/5 0 0/5 0