Table 2 Infection of pregnant mice with B. abortus virB4 mutant or vaccine strain S19 on day 4.5 of gestation.
From: Interferon-γ promotes abortion due to Brucella infection in pregnant mice
Fetus | Placenta | Spleen | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strain | Mouse No. | Alive | Aborted | Alive | Aborted | ||||||||
No. | Weight (g)* | Bacterial No. (log)* | No. | Weight (g)* | Bacterial No. (log)* | Weight (g)* | Bacterial No. (log)* | Weight (g)* | Bacterial No. (log)* | Weight (g) | Bacterial No. (log) | ||
virB4 mutant | 1 | 15 | 1.51 (±0.21) | 3.25 (±0.16) | 0 | - | - | 0.11 (±0.01) | 7.51 (±0.26) | - | - | 0.16 | 5.41 |
2 | 16 | 1.43 (±0.18) | 3.24 (±0.15) | 0 | - | - | 0.14 (±0.01) | 5.15 (±0.27) | - | - | 0.20 | 5.38 | |
3 | 16 | 1.62 (±0.13) | 1.14 (±0.08) | 0 | - | - | 0.12 (±0.02) | 5.52 (±0.34) | - | - | 0.15 | 4.80 | |
4 | 13 | 1.51 (±0.15) | 2.52 (±0.12) | 0 | - | - | 0.12 (±0.02) | 7.25 (±0.36) | - | - | 0.21 | 5.61 | |
5 | 14 | 1.72 (±0.17) | 3.64 (±0.24) | 0 | - | - | 0.14 (±0.01) | 7.48 (±0.33) | - | - | 0.18 | 5.41 | |
S19 | 1 | 14 | 1.43 (±0.14)) | 2.54 (±0.24) | 0 | - | - | 0.13 (±0.01) | 7.52 (±0.27) | - | - | 0.50 | 7.12 |
2 | 14 | 1.45 (±0.18) | 2.24 (±0.20) | 0 | - | - | 0.10 (±0.01) | 7.51 (±0.35) | - | - | 0.20 | 6.56 | |
3 | 15 | 1.35 (±0.14) | 3.23 (±0.16) | 0 | - | - | 0.10 (±0.02) | 7.58 (±0.41) | - | - | 0.21 | 6.63 | |
4 | 12 | 1.34 (±0.17) | 3.17 (±0.27) | 1 | 1.28 | 3.23 | 0.11 (±0.01) | 7.64 (±0.21) | 0.10 | 7.39 | 0.26 | 6.53 | |
5 | 14 | 1.35 (±0.12) | 3.26 (±0.12) | 0 | - | - | 0.10 (±0.01) | 7.62 (±0.29) | - | - | 0.24 | 6.96 | |