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Table 2 Characteristics of the experimental infection of ferrets with two different pH1N1 influenza viruses: viral inoculums, histopathological scores and pathological classifications

From: Heterogeneous pathological outcomes after experimental pH1N1 influenza infection in ferrets correlate with viral replication and host immune responses in the lung

Animal Sex Viral inoculums Days post infection Histopathological scorea Pathological classification
A Male R11 4† 2.67 (0.47) Severe
B Male R11 4 1 (0.00) Mild
C Female R61 4 3 (0.00) Severe
D Female R61 4 1 (0.00) Mild
E Male R61 4 3 (0.00) Severe
F Male R11 7 3 (0.00) Severe
G Male R11 7 1.67 (0,94) Mild
H Male R61 7 1 (0.00) Mild
I Female PBS Control 0 (0.00) Control
J Male PBS Control 0 (0.00) Control
  1. †Animal found dead.
  2. aMean and SEM of the histopathological scores of the three right lung lobes.
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Veterinary Research

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