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Table 1 Viral load of organs in tissue culture infectious dose 50 (TCID50) and genome copies

From: Limited efficacy of West Nile virus vaccines in large falcons (Falco spp.)

Group

Bird

dpi

Brain

Spleen

Kidney

Lung

Liver

Heart

   

TCID50/mg/copies/mg

TCID50/mg/copies/mg

TCID50/mg/copies/mg

TCID50/mg/copies/mg

TCID50/mg/copies/mg

TCID50/mg/copies/mg

Group 1

F14

21

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Inactivated

F15

19

0/4.6

0/0.4

0/0.9

0/0

0/0.1

0/0

Boost: 4 wpv

F16

20

0/24.8

0/3.8

0/143

0/0

0/0

0/1.8

Challenge: 8 wpv

F17

9

18.7/2530

0/3441

0.2/4479

0/6583

0/290

1164/38565819

F18

21

0/4.7

0/0.9

0/223

0/0

0/0.1

0/2.6

Group 2

F37

19

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Inactivated

F38

20

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0.2

0/0

Boost: 3 + 6 wpv

F40

19

0/0.6

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Challenge: 8 wpv

F41

20

0/0

0/1.4

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Group 3

F19

20

0/0

0/0

0/0.6

0/0

0/0

0/0

Recombinant

F20

19

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Boost: 4 wpv

F21

21

50.8/4337

0/0

0/141

0/0

0/0

0/0

Challenge: 8 wpv

F22

21

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

F23

20

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Group 4

F44

20

0/6

0/0.1

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Recombinant

F45

19

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Boost: 3 + 6 wpv

F47

21

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Challenge: 8 wpv

F48

19

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Group 5

F13

19

0.6/112

0/17.9

0/3.9

0/0.1

0/0.3

0/4.6

Control

F24

20

0/32.1

0/0

0/822

0/0

0/0

0/4.7

No vaccination

F27

14

8.7/132202

0/42

0/403

0/36.9

0/16.7

37.9/7794

F36

20

0/23.6

0/0

0/2

0/0

0/0

0/0

F42

5

46.9/515

175/318323

76.2/14400

601/5456

94.4/32119

19/6563

F43

20

0.4/38.2

0/11.4

0/1.5

0/0

0/0.1

0/0.1

F51

8

738/2668

10.7/8631

2896/82091

7558/63844

3023/402895

4380/295311

F55

3

0/12.3

3.3/2376

3.9/796

13.2/465

0.9/249

5.4/380

Group 6

F63

21

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

Env. Control

  1. Abbreviations: copies = genome copies; dpi = days post infection, Env. = environmental, wpv = weeks post vaccination.
  2. Values are given per mg tissue. High TCID50 were found in birds that died after infection, whereas virus was scarce or absent in birds that survived the whole three-week challenge period. Sensitivity of qRT-PCR was generally higher than virus titration in cell culture. Statistical analysis of viral load was performed for brain, spleen, kidney and heart. There is a statistically significant difference to group 5 in brain, kidney and heart of group 2; spleen, kidney and heart of group 3 and in brain, kidney and heart of group 4.