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. 1999 Aug;67(8):3830–3835. doi: 10.1128/iai.67.8.3830-3835.1999

TABLE 4.

Clearance of B. abortus RA1 and RB51 from mice spleensa

No. of days postinfection Mean log10 CFU/spleen (±SD) in strain:
RB51 RA1
7 4.08 (3.03) 4.58 (0.73)
14 3.19 (2.13) 4.94 (0.41)
21 2.25 (1.39) 4.31 (0.32)
28  —b 3.57 (0.41)
35 3.12 (0.28)
42 2.10 (0.98)
49 0.95 (0.31)
a

Infection dose, 2 × 108 CFU (log = 8.3), given intraperitoneally to each of five mice per group. 

b

—, the infection had cleared.