Table 1.

Experimental outcomes.

route	dose	hamsters			rats
		n	lethality	%	n	colonization	%
intact skin	104	4	0	0.0
	106	8	0	0.0
	107	4	0	0.0
	108	8	2	25.0
shaved skin	104	4	0	0.0
	106	8	2	25.0
	107	4	3	75.0
	108	8	5	62.5
abraded skin	101	12	5	41.7	3	0	0.0
	102	12	8	66.7	5	0	0.0
	103	12	10	83.3	2	2	100.0
	104				6	6	100.0
	106				3	3	100.0
	108				4	4	100.0
conjunctiva	102	4	0	0.0
	103	4	0	0.0
	104	8	0	0.0
	105	12	0	0.0
	106	24	9	37.5
	107	20	14	70.0
	108	36	36	100.0
intraperitoneal	101	24	21	87.5	2	1	50
	5 × 101	4	4	100.0
	102	43	43	100.0	6	6	100.0
	2.5 × 102	12	12	100.0
	103	19	19	100.0
	104	28	28	100.0	3	3	100.0
	106	16	16	100.0	2	2	100.0
	108	3	3	100.0	6	6	100.0