Table 1 Results of the nasal shedding experiment
Day pi | H7N1 A/ostrich/Italy/2332/2000 (Os/H7N1) | H5N1 A/turkey/Turkey/1/2005 (Tk/H5N1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal wash | Lungs/trachea | Nasal wash | Brain | Lungs | |||||
qRRT-PCR (Ct/SQ) | VI | HP | IHC | qRRT-PCR (Ct/SQ) | VI | qRRT-PCR (Ct/SQ) | VI | HP | |
3 | - | - | npl | + trachea | + (25.08/1.16 × 108) | - | - | / | npl |
- | / | npl | - | + (21.14/3.70 × 109) | - | - | / | npl | |
+ (24.0/2.7 × 107) | - | Multifocal purulent and catarrhal bronchitis | + lungs | + (29.4/2.60 × 106) | - | - | / | npl | |
5 | + (22.5/7.9 × 107) | + | npl | - | - | / | - | / | Multifocal of PBP with lymphohistiocytic infiltrate |
- | / | npl | - | - | / | - | / | Multifocal of PBP with lymphohistiocytic infiltrate | |
- | / | Multifocal alveolar haemorrhages | - | + (33.18/9.40 × 104) | - | - | / | Multifocal of interstitial pneumonia | |
7 | - | / | npl | - | - | / | +(33.49/7.17 × 104)a | - | Multifocal PBP |
- | / | Multifocal PBP | - | - | / | - | / | npl | |
+ (34.19/1.89 × 104) | - | Multifocal PBP | - | - | / | - | - | npl | |
9 | - | / | Diffuse congestion | - | + (34.68/2.50 × 104) | - | - | - | Multifocal PBP |
- | / | npl | - | + (30.03/1.50 × 106) | - | - | / | npl | |
- | / | npl | - | - | / | - | / | npl | |