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. 2000 Apr;68(4):2254–2258. doi: 10.1128/iai.68.4.2254-2258.2000

TABLE 1.

Effects of Stx2 on lethality for mice of Stx2 injected on day 5 or 15 of pregnancy

Dose of Stx2 (pg/g of body wt) No. of deaths/no. of mice injected with Stx2 on:
Day 5
Day 15
Nonpregnant Pregnant Nonpregnant Pregnant
0 0/6 0/3 0/5 0/5
3.13 0/6 0/4 0/5 0/5
6.25 0/6 0/4 0/5 0/6
12.5 0/8 1/3 1/6 1/6
25 4/8 3/4 3/6 3/6
50 6/6 6/6 3/5 4/5
100 6/6 6/6 5/5 5/5
LD50a (pg/g) 25.0 24.4 25.0 25.0
a

Calculated by the Reed-Muench method.