TABLE 4.
Recovery of viable H. ducreyi from neutropenic pigs day 7 postinfectiona
| Pig no. | Value for inoculation with strain:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild type
|
sodC mutant
|
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| n | Recovery (% live/total) | n | Recovery (% live/total) | |
| 17 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 |
| 18 | 3 | 100 | 3 | 67 |
| 19 | 4 | 75 | 4 | 100 |
| Total | 11 | 11 | ||
n indicates number of sites inoculated. Mean percent recovery was 91 for both the wild-type and sodC mutant strains.