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Table 6 Prevalence of nasal discharge of virus-positive and -negative animals

From: Longitudinal field studies reveal early infection and persistence of influenza A virus in piglets despite the presence of maternally derived antibodies

 

Week 1

Week 3

Week 5

Total

Herd 1

 Virus positive

23% (3/13)

30.1% (4/13)

0% (0/3)

36.8% (7/19)

 Virus negative

12.5% (8/64)

47.3% (26/55)

50.8% (30/59)

35.9% (64/178)

 P-value

0.58

0.43

0.26

0.861

Herd 2

 Virus positive

100% (6/6)

70% (7/10)

83.3% (10/12)

82.1% (23/28)

 Virus negative

44% (26/59)

32.7% (17/52)

34% (16/47)

37.3% (59/158)

 P-value

0.03

0.062

0.006

< 0.0001

Herd 3

 Virus positive

77.8% (21/27)

91.3% (21/23)

78.6% (22/28)

82% (64/78)

 Virus negative

62.7% (32/51)

81.8% (45/55)

86% (43/50)

76.9% (120/156)

 P-value

0.26

0.47

0.6

0.46

  1. The results were considered significant at P < 0.05.