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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2021 Feb 17;21(4):232–241. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2020.2695

Table 4.

Clinical, PCR, and Immunofluorescence Assay Results from Guinea Pigs Inoculated with Rickettsia montanensis (Days Postinoculation) (Table view)

Animal No. Rm-1 Rm-2 Rm-3 Rm-4 Rm-5 Rm-6
Fever + (3) + (4)
Weight change + 26% −29.9% + 10.4% + 4.3% + 8.5% + 8.0%
Scrotal edema + (3–8, 10) + (3–6)
Ear dermatitis + (7) + (5–7) + (4–8, 11–13)
Foot dermatitis + (4–6, 10–12) + (6) + (6, 8–10, 12–13)
Liver necrosis
Testicular erythema +
Lung petechiation
Splenomegaly
Ear skin PCR + (3–10) + (3–10, 13)
Blood PCR
Organ PCR + (liver, spleen) + (spleen)
IFA titer 64 512 1024 512