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No. of positive cells/VCU
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|---|
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CD4
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CD25
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CD8α
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CD8β
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TCRαβ
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TCRγδ
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|---|
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Control
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75.2 ± 12.5a, c
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61.6 ± 5.9c
|
162.4 ± 23.5c
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129.8 ± 26.1c, e, g
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177.2 ± 39.4c
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151.4 ± 20.7c
|
|
2 dpi
|
95.2 ± 2.3b
|
90.2 ± 8.2d
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215.2 ± 55.5
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254.6 ± 29.4d
|
223.8 ± 63.9d
|
241.4 ± 63.9d
|
|
4 dpi
|
161.4 ± 18.5d
|
153.0 ± 18.4d
|
215.0 ± 29.7d
|
176.2 ± 12.9f
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236.6 ± 32.1d
|
208.2 ± 16.4d
|
|
6 dpi
|
185.0 ± 20.8d
|
150.4 ± 6.5d
|
87.0 ± 37.8d
|
87.2 ± 25.5d
|
79.4 ± 6.3d
|
79.2 ± 9.9d
|
|
13 dpi
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263.0 ± 36.8d
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175.0 ± 12.9d
|
193.0 ± 24.8
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183.2 ± 21.1h
|
141.2 ± 12.3
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155.4 ± 5.9
|
- Notes: Results are expressed as mean of number (no.) of positive cells/VCU ± SD (n = 5/dpi and n = 5, control) at a 400× magnification. Data were analysed by the negative binomial distribution followed by Tukey’s multiple comparisons test (MASS and multcomp packages, respectively). Significant differences between infected and control rats: P < 0.05: a vs b; P < 0.001: d vs c; P = 0.008: e vs f; P = 0.014: g vs h
