Inclusion of a specific T cell epitope increases the protection conferred against foot-and-mouth disease virus in pigs by a linear peptide containing an immunodominant B cell site

Table 3 Detection of FMDV RNA in tissue samples collected post-mortem (10 days post-challenge)

Group	Inoculum	Pig	Detection of FMDV RNA
			Heart	Lung	Spleen	Liver	Kidney	Tonsil	Lymph node
1	B peptide	B1	-	-	+	-	-	-	+
		B2	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
		B3	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
		B4	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
		B5	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
		B6	-	-	+	-	-	+	+
2	TB peptide	TB1	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
		TB2	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
		TB3	+	-	-	-	-	-	+
		TB4	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
		TB5	-	-	-	+	-	-	+
		TB6	-	-	+	-	-	+	+
3	PBS	C1	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
		C2	+	-	+	-	+	+	+
		C3	-	-	+	-	+	+	+
		C4	-	-	+	+	-	+	+

ISSN: 1743-422X