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Table 4 Pathogenicity of H6 influenza viruses in mice

From: Co-circulation of multiple reassortant H6 subtype avian influenza viruses in wild birds in eastern China, 2016–2017

Virus

Maximum body weight loss (%)

The pulmonary index on 3 days postinfection a

Virus titers in lungs in mice (log10 TCID50/100 mg)

PD1026–10/2016(H6N1)

8.71

0.99 ± 0.37

4.08

PD1026–12/2016(H6N8)

10.95

0.88 ± 0.03

4.40

PD1026–19/2016(H6N8)

6.36

1.07 ± 0.17

2.74

PD1109–24/2016(H6N8)

0.23

0.80 ± 0.03

4.04

PD1018–15/2017(H6N2)

12.16

1.50 ± 0.40

7.85

PD1018–32/2017(H6N5)

17.80

1.45 ± 0.32

4.82

PD1027–12/2017(H6N2)

22.53

1.33 ± 0.09

4.19

JDS1108–37/2017(H6N1)

1.30

0.81 ± 0.03

3.44

  1. aData are presented as means ± standard deviations