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. 2020 Jul 22;11:1441. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01441

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

H7N9 surface genes were not sufficient to convert low pathogenicity and replication of H9N2 virus in mouse. Mice were intranasally inoculated with a single dose of 106 EID50 of either the parental H9N2 CK/F98 virus or the CK/F98-4664HA/NA hybrid virus with both HA and NA genes derived from H7N9 SH/4664 virus. (A) Weight loss during a 14-day observation period. (B) Virus titers in animal lungs, as determined by EID50 using MDCK cells. (C) Virus titers in animal nasal turbinates, as determined by EID50 using MDCK cells. n = 3 for each group. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. Statistical significance was analyzed by one-way ANOVA.