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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
Dispatch

Susceptibility of White-Tailed Deer to Rift Valley Fever Virus

William C. WilsonComments to Author , In Joong Kim, Jessie D. Trujillo, Sun Young Sunwoo, Leela E. Noronha, Kinga Urbaniak, D. Scott McVey, Barbara S. Drolet, Igor Morozov, Bonto Faburay, Erin E. Schirtzinger, Tammy Koopman, Sabarish V. Indran, Velmurugan Balaraman, and Juergen A. Richt
Author affiliations: US Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (W.C. Wilson, L.E. Noronha, D.S. McVey, B.S. Drolet, E.E. Schirtzinger); Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan (I.J. Kim, J.D. Trujillo, S.Y. Sunwoo, K. Urbaniak, I. Morozov, B. Faburay, T. Koopman, S.V. Indran, V. Balaraman, J.A. Richt)

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Table

Assessment of Rift Valley fever virus infection in 5 white-tailed deer at selected days postinfection*

Group, animal no. Day postinoculation, real-time qRT-PCR/virus isolation results, temperature, °C
0 2 3 4 6 7 10 14
Mock
41
 −/−, 39.2
 −/−, 41.0
 NC
 +/+, 39.6
 +++/+++, 40.7
 +++/+++, 41.2, euthanized
 NA
 NA
Ken 06
43 −/−, 39.3 ++/++, 40.2 NC +/+, 39.0 –/–, 40.6 NC −/−, 39.1 −/−, 39.0
44 −/−, 39.4 +++/+++, 41.3 +++/+++, died NA NA NA NA NA
47 −/−, 39.5 NC +++/+++, died NA NA NA NA NA
52 −/−, 39.2 NC NC +/+, 39.3 –/–, 39.9 NC −/−, 39.5 −/− , 39.1

*Bold indicates increased body temperature. NA, not available; NC, not collected; qRT-PCR, quantitative reverse transcription PCR; –, negative; +, cycle threshold range 31–35, 1 × 101–1 × 103 PFU/mL; ++, cycle threshold range 25–30, 1 × 104–1 × 106 PFU/mL; +++, cycle threshold <25, 1 × 107–1 × 108 PFU/mL.

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