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Table 2 Results of the average duration of latent and incubation period for the inoculated pigs and time to onset of infectiousness and clinical signs for the contact pigs

From: Dynamics of African swine fever virus shedding and excretion in domestic pigs infected by intramuscular inoculation and contact transmission

 

Inoculated pigs

Within-pen contact pigs

Between-pen contact pigs

Samples

Latent period*

Time to onset of infectiousness†

Blood ‡

4.8 (± 1.3)

10.3 (± 1.6)

13.9 (± 3.0)

Blood §

3.6 (± 1.0)

10.4 (± 1.4)

13.1 (± 3.0)

Oral swab ‡

5.4 (± 1.3)

8.5 (± 1.5)

9.2 (± 1.5)

Nasal swab ‡

5.4 (± 1.4)

7.6 (± 2.6)

11.3 (± 0.5)

Rectal swab ‡

4.9 (± 1.4)

9.3 (± 2.9)

11.0 (± 1.6)

 

Incubation period*

Time to onset of clinical signs†

Clinical score >3

4.4 (± 1.0)

9.9 (± 1.6)

12.7 (± 2.0)

  1. *Average number of days post inoculation (± standard deviation).
  2. †Average number of days post exposure (± standard deviation).
  3. ‡Results by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction.
  4. §Results by virus titration.