TABLE 4.
Domain I of the E gene determines the replication capacity of Tembusu virus in the i.m.-inoculated ducks
| Virus | Test time (dpia) | Virus titer (log10 TCID50/0.1 g)b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spleen | Lung | Kidney | Ovary | ||
| FX2010 | 3 | 4.83 ± 0.44 | 2.89 ± 0.19 | 2.50 ± 0.50 | 3.23 ± 0.39 |
| FX/MME-DI&II | 3 | 3.67 ± 0.67 | –/–/– | –/–/– | –/–/– |
| FX/MME-DIII&Th | 3 | 3.45 ± 0.39 | 1.39 ± 0.10 | –/1.00/– | 3.05 ± 0.48 |
| FX/MME-DI | 3 | 4.39 ± 0.92 | –/–/– | –/0.67/– | –/–/– |
| FX/MME-DII | 3 | 4.22 ± 0.63 | –/2.00/2.67 | –/–/0.67 | 2.67 ± 1.53 |
| MM1775 | 3 | 2.72 ± 0.86 | –/–/– | –/–/– | –/–/– |
| MM/FXE-DI&II | 3 | 3.56 ± 0.84 | 2.33/–/– | –/0.67/0.67 | –/–/– |
| MM/FXE-DIII&Th | 3 | 3.89 ± 0.54 | –/–/– | –/–/– | –/–/– |
| MM/FXE-DI | 3 | 4.39 ± 0.35 | 2.33/–/– | –/–/– | –/–/– |
| MM/FXE-DII | 3 | 2.72 ± 0.75 | –/–/– | –/–/– | –/–/– |
a
dpi, days postinoculation.
b
Where virus was detected in all three ducks sampled, the mean TCID50 ± the standard deviation is shown; otherwise, individual titers are shown for each animal. –, No virus was detected.