Table 1.
Detection of virus genome by PCR in blood and nasal swabs of animals IM inoculated with ASFV-G-ΔI177L (I1–I4) and naïve contact animals (C1–C5). Results are expressed as negative (N) or Ct values.
| Animal | Days Post Injection | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 28 | |||||||
| Nasal | Blood | Nasal | Blood | Nasal | Blood | Nasal | Blood | Nasal | Blood | Nasal | Blood | |
| I1 | N | N | N | 40.58 | 44.31 | 35.54 | N | 31.18 | Nasal | 33.01 | 32.78 | N |
| I2 | N | N | N | 41.18 | N | 38.04 | N | 28.81 | Nasal | 32.19 | N | N |
| I3 | N | N | N | 35.5 | N | 32.52 | 38.62 | 28.62 | 39.27 | 30.87 | N | N |
| I4 | N | N | N | 37.23 | 40.7 | 35.58 | N | 28.9 | 38.23 | 32.24 | N | N |
| C1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| C2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 36 | N |
| C3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| C4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 36.96 | N |
| C5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |