Volume 13, Number 8—August 2007
Research
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Infection of Cotton Rats
Anne-Sophie Carrara*, Lark L. Coffey*, Patricia V. Aguilar*, Abelardo C. Moncayo*, Amelia P.A. Travassos Da Rosa*, Marcio R.T. Nunes†, Robert B. Tesh*, and Scott C. Weaver*
Table 1
Mean viremia titers of Florida cotton rats inoculated subcutaneously with Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, subtype IE*
| Day postinfection | Age, wk |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (n = 2) | 5 (n = 2) | 8 (n = 4) | |
| 1 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
*Titers are expressed as log10 PFU/mL.; 1.9 log10 PFU/mL is the limit of detection of the plaque assay.
