Productive replication of nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis virus in peripheral blood monocytic cells, a strategy for viral dissemination and kidney infection in chickens

Table 3 Virus isolation of plasma and mononuclear cells

Samples	IBV strain	Number of positive animals per three inoculated animals at … days post inoculation
Samples	IBV strain	0	2	4	6	8	10	12
Plasma	B1648	0/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3
	M41	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3
	Control	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3
Mononuclear cells	B1648	0/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	1/3	1/3
	M41	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3
	Control	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3	0/3

Plasma and mononuclear cells were collected from chickens at different time points post inoculation with IBV B1648 and M41. Virus isolation was performed by inoculating embryonated eggs.

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