Volume 16, Number 9—September 2010
Research
Cotton Rats and House Sparrows as Hosts for North and South American Strains of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
Nicole C. Arrigo, A. Paige Adams, Douglas M. Watts, Patrick C. Newman, and Scott C. Weaver
Table 2
Comparisons of mean peak titers of eastern equine encephalitis virus within experimental cohorts*
| Cohort |
Mean peak viremia titer, log10 PFU/mL (± SEM) |
Within-cohort comparison, p value |
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| FL93 (FL93-939) |
PE70 (77U104) |
CO92 (C49) |
FL93 vs. PE70 |
FL93 vs. CO92 |
PE70 vs. CO92 |
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| Juvenile cotton rats | 7.0 (0.3) | 7.6 (0.2) | Not tested | 0.089 | NT | NT | |
| Mature cotton rats | 4.5 (0.3) | 5.1 (0.3) | 3.8 (0.8) | 0.140 | 0.374 | 0.078 | |
| House sparrows | 7.5 (0.4) | 6.2 (0.5) | 4.9 (0.4) | 0.051 | <0.001 | 0.060 | |
*Two-tailed p-values determined by Student t test; p values <0.001 are not specified. Boldface indicates significant difference. NT, not tested.
