Table 1.
Virus shedding of the birds challenged by H5N1 or H7N9 virus.
| Groupsd | Challenge virus | 2 dpia | 4 dpi | 6 dpi | Virus shedding/total | Survival/total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lb | Cc | L C | L C | L C | L C | ||||
| H5+H7 VLP | H5N1/TT3 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 10/10 |
| Commercial vaccine | H5N1/TT3 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 10/10 |
| H5+H7 VLP | H7N9/GD15 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 10/10 |
| Commercial vaccine | H7N9/GD15 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 10/10 |
| PBS | H5N1/TT3 | -d | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/5 |
| PBS | H7N9/GD15 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 1/1 | 1/1 | - | - | 5/5 | 0/5 |
a
dpi, days post infection.
b
L, Laryngotracheal swabs.
c
C, Cloacal swabs.
d
-, samples were not collected since birds were all dead.