Table 2.

Analysis of tissues collected from laboratory-reared M. natalensis experimentally infected with LASV strains Josiah, Z-132 or Soromba-R.

LASV strain	Day* of sample collection	Blood	Lung	Liver	Kidney	Heart
Josiah	10	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6
	21	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6
Z-132	10	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6
	21	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6
Soromba-R	10	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6
	21	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6

*With respect to challenge. Mastomys were infected via i.m. injection with 1 × 10³ TCID₅₀’s LASV. Each sample point consisted of three experimentally infected males and females. Numbers represent positive samples/samples tested.