Figure 5
Lymphocyte, eosinophil, monocyte and neutrophil counts during the course of Mhf infection. Mean (±SD) absolute cell counts of lymphocytes (A), eosinophils (B), monocytes (C) and neutrophils (D) during the 100-day pi period in group A (black dots, solid line) and group B (open triangles, dashed line). Cats were subcutaneously inoculated with Mhf at day 0. The onset of bacteremia (day 7 pi for both groups) is indicated with a triangle. Boxes represent the time of peak bacteremia in cats in group A (grey box) and group B (dotted box). Statistically significant differences between groups A and B are indicated with asterisks (pMWU < 0.05). A Lymphocyte cell counts changed significantly over time in group A (pF < 0.0001; lower at days 17, 21, 24 and 28 pi compared with days 3, 63 and 70 pi, pD < 0.05) and group B (pF = 0.0033, no significance in the posttest). B Eosinophil cell counts changed significantly over time in group A (pF < 0.0001, lower at days 38, 42, 49, 56 and 63 pi compared with day 0 and days 3, 7, 10, 14, 84 and 98 pi, pD < 0.05) and group B (pF = 0.0067, no significance in the posttest). C Monocyte cell counts changed significantly over time in group A (pF < 0.0001, higher at days 3, 7, 14, 17, 21, 24, 31, 35, 38 and 49 pi compared with days 84, 91, 98 and 100 pi, pD < 0.05) and group B (pF = 0.0135, no significance in the posttest). D Neutrophil cell counts changed over time only in group A (pF = 0.0007, no significance in the posttest).