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Table 2 Viral load of organs in Ct values, copies per mg organ and tissue culture infectious dose 50 (TCID50) per mg organ

From: DNA vaccines encoding the envelope protein of West Nile virus lineages 1 or 2 administered intramuscularly, via electroporation and with recombinant virus protein induce partial protection in large falcons (Falco spp.)

Falcons

Brain

Spleen

Kidney

Lung

Liver

Heart

Grp

ID

Dpi

Ct

Copies

TCID

Ct

Copies

TCID

Ct

Copies

TCID

Ct

Copies

TCID

Ct

Copies

TCID

Ct

Copies

TCID

A

F25

20

30.5

40.6

0.5

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

F26

8

17.4

360248.4

48899.3

18.4

287861

432

22.1

28394.8

558.7

29.1

384.8

1814

19.8

43699.3

312.8

21.1

43844.8

139.7

F28

21

31.1

84.6

0

N

0

0

31

155.6

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

F29

4

32.9

12.2

0.6

25.2

3941.3

26.8

26.5

1081.2

1.9

28.3

511.6

5.3

27.9

448.2

0.7

30.6

69

0

F30

19

29.1

313.2

1

N

0

0

33.1

19.2

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

B

F31

21

33.1

3.3*

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

F32

19

33.1

2.6*

0

N

0*

0

32.6

6.2*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

F33

21

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

F34

20

29.4

38*

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

F35

19

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

C

F49

20

32.3

26.5

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

F50

20

31.4

36.3

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

F52

19

N

0

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

F53

19

N

0

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

F54

21

30.4

23.3

0

N

0*

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

D

F56

19

30.5

35.3

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

F57

21

26.7

192.7

0

N

0

0

32.3

6.6*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

F58

21

31.6

14

0

N

0

0

N

0*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

F59

18

19.9

40297.1

62.2

30.6

44.7

0

34.3

1.9

0

33.7

1.9

0

33.8

4.3

0

31.8

14

0

F60

20

30.4

39.6

0

36.4

2.6

0

35.5

1.4*

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

E

F13

19

28.3

111.6

0.6

30.8

17.9

0

32.7

3.9

0

39.7

0.1

0

36.3

0.3

0

N

0

0

F24

20

31.6

32.1

0

N

0

0

36.1

821.8

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

39.3

4.7

0

F27

14

21.3

132202.1

8.7

31.8

42

0

28.9

403.3

0

33.1

36.9

0

34.2

16.7

0

24.4

7793.8

37.9

F36

20

31

23.6

0

N

0

0

34.9

2

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

N

0

0

F42

5

27.3

514.8

47

20.7

318323

174.6

23.2

14400

76.2

25

5456.3

600.8

23.2

32118.9

94.4

24.8

6562.9

19

F43

20

30.9

38.2

0.4

33.7

11.4

0

36.5

1.5

0

N

0

0

41.4

0.1

0

41.5

0.1

0

F51

8

22.7

2667.5

737.9

22.5

8631

10.6

18.9

82090.5

2895.9

19.8

63844.1

7558.4

16.7

402895.4

3023.2

17.7

295310.6

4379.9

F55

3

31

12.3

0

23.9

2375.9

3.4

25.7

795.6

3.9

26.4

464.9

13.2

26.7

248.5

0.9

27.7

379.8

5.4

  1. Abbreviations: Grp (group), ID (identification number), Dpi (days post infection), Ct (Ct values), Copies (copies per mg organ), TCID (tissue culture infectious dose 50 per mg organ), N (no Ct value). Viral genome copies of brain, spleen, kidney and heart of all surviving birds of the vaccination groups were compared to the respective values of group E with one-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test with continuity correction and those with statistical significant difference were indicated with an asterisk (p-values < α-levels of 0.05 were classified as significant).