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. 1999 Apr;67(4):2001–2004. doi: 10.1128/iai.67.4.2001-2004.1999

TABLE 3.

Number of viable bacteria recovered from the lungs of vaccinated or saline mock-vaccinated mice after challenge with wild-type S. flexneria

Day post-challenge No. of bacteria (CFUs) recovered from:
P valueb
SSW202-vaccinated mice (no. of mice) Mock-vaccinated mice (no. of mice)
1 3.6 × 107 (8) 1.4 × 108 (6) 0.003
3 2.3 × 104 (7) 4.1 × 106 (4) <0.001
a

Challenge inoculum was 1 × 107 to 2 × 107 2457T. 

b

P value was calculated using the independent Student’s t test