Pathobiology and transmission of highly and low pathogenic avian influenza viruses in European quail (Coturnix c. coturnix)

Table 5 Serological data of quail intranasally challenged with either H7N2/LP, H7N1/HP or H5N1/HP

Group	3 dpi		5 dpi		9 dpi		15 dpi
	ELISA	HI*	ELISA	HI*	ELISA	HI*	ELISA	HI*
H7N2/LP Inoculated	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	7/8	7/8 (7.9)
H7N2/LP Contact	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	4/4	4/4 (7.3)
H7N1/HP Inoculated^†	0/3	0/3	3/3	3/3 (4.7)	3/3	3/3 (6.3)	3/3	3/3 (7.0)
H5N1/HP Inoculated^†	0/3	0/3	3/3	3/3 (6.0)	nd	nd	nd	nd

dpi, days post-inoculation; ELISA, C-ELISA; HI, hemagglutination inhibition; nd, no data; H7N2/LP, A/Anas platyrhynchos/Spain/1877/2009; H7N1/HP, A/Chicken/Italy/5093/1999; H5N1/HP, A/Great crested grebe/Basque Country/06.03249/2006.
*GMT (log₂) are indicated in parenthesis. GMT include only positive birds.
^†No data is available for contact quail in these groups.

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