TABLE 3.
Spontaneous- and induced-reactivation summarya
Rabbit | Spontaneous sheddingb after administration of FCV at:
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Induced reactivationc after administration of FCV at:
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0 mg/kg
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60 mg/kg
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120 mg/kg
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250 mg/kg
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500 mg/kg
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0 mg/kg
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60 mg/kg
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120 mg/kg
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250 mg/kg
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500 mg/kg
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OS | OD | OS | OD | OS | OD | OS | OD | OS | OD | OS | OD | OS | OD | OS | OD | OS | OD | OS | OD | |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8d | 8d | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | NDe | ND | ND | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
2 | 8 | 14 | 3f | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1f | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ND | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4 | 6 | 2f | 11 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ND | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | ND | ND | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Data are presented for each rabbit eye used in the spontaneous- and induced-reactivation experiments. OS, left eye; OD, right eye.
Spontaneous reactivation indicates that virus was shed without an induction stimulus; data are for 20 days per eye unless noted otherwise.
In induced reactivation, rabbits underwent transcorneal iontophoresis with 0.015% epinephrine; data are for 7 days per eye.
One rabbit died during spontaneous swabbing, and only 11 swabs per eye were collected.
ND, not done due to corneal scarring.
One sample was contaminated and not counted in the summary; data are for 19 days per eye.