Figure 6

Evolution of the lymphocyte (total, B, T CD5⁺, CD4⁺, CD8⁺and CD25⁺) counts in peripheral blood throughout the 7-day infection challenge according to the inoculated strain: □ control, ■ ST96 and ■ ST121. Bars represent the obtained least square means and error bars show their corresponding standard error. ^x Significantly different (P < 0.05) to the value before infection (day 0). * Significantly different on each day post-infection (P < 0.05).