Figure 4
Intramuscular immunization with inactivated H1N1 virus protects against H3N2-induced tachypnea. Groups of animals (4 cotton rats per group) were inoculated with the equivalent of 107 TCID50 A/PR/8/34 (H1N1) per 100 g. Both live and UV-inactivated virus preparations were inoculated intranasally (i.n.) or intramuscularly (i.m.). Animals in groups immunized with inactivated virus were boosted at week 3 and 6. HAI titers of serum samples obtained by retro-orbital bleed 2 weeks following the final immunization are included in the text. All groups were challenged 10 weeks following the first immunization with A/Wuhan/95 (H3N2). Control groups included naïve animals that provided baseline RR, naïve animals infected with A/Wuhan/95 for the first time, and A/Wuhan/95-challenged H3N2-immune cotton rats. RR were measured by whole body plethysmography and the percent protection from tachypnea calculated for each animal. Protection that was statistically greater than non-immune animals (p < 0.05) is marked with an *.