Table 5.

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

Animal No.	Rb-1	Rb-2	Rb-3	Rb-4	Rb-5	Rb-6
Fever	–	+ (4)	–	–	–	–
Weight change	+16.5%	+7.2%	+16.1%	+3.0%	+8.6%	+4.1%
Scrotal edema	–	–	–	+ (8)	–	–
Ear dermatitis	–	–	–	–	+ (6)	+ (4–12)
Foot dermatitis	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liver necrosis	–	–	–	+	+	–
Testicular erythema	–	–	–	–	+	–
Lung petechiation	–	–	–	–	–	–
Splenomegaly	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ear skin PCR	–	–	–	–	–	–
Blood PCR	–	–	–	–	–	–
Organ PCR	–	–	–	–	–	–
IFA titer	64	–	–	–	64	–