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Table 3 In vitro culture of blood collected from immunosuppressed (I) and not immunosuppressed (NI) calves infected with the isolate 265 (Sequence groupe 1)

From: Isolation and characterization of Babesia pecorum sp. nov. from farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Calf

Culture

Days post-infection

 

condition

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

12

14

16

20

25

28

31

34

36

38

42

NI

A

13

12

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

-

n

-

n

n

-

-

n

n

-

-

n

 

H

13

12

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

-

n

-

n

n

-

-

n

n

-

-

n

I

A

6

5

12

-

-

23

-

-

-

n

-

n

-

-

n

21

-

-

n

n

-

 

H

6

5

12

-

-

18

-

-

-

24

-

n

-

-

n

n

-

-

n

n

-

  1. Cultures were performed in the infected animal's own red blood cells only (A) and in a mixture with an equal volume of the donor cattle red blood cells (H). n: negative culture, ? : blood not sampled at that time point. The number of days at which cultures were found positive is otherwise indicated.