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Lamina propria cellular suspensions
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Control
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3 dpi
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6 dpi
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13 dpi
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Lymphocytes
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52.05 ± 1.9a
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50.2 ± 2.4
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37.2 ± 1.03c
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45.4 ± 1.8d
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Macrophages
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43.4 ± 2.2e
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30.1 ± 1.9
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32.0 ± 0.8
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24.6 ± 5.5f
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Eosinophils
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2.6 ± 0.9g
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13.2 ± 2.4h
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24.7 ± 1.9i
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20.1 ± 1.1j
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Neutrophils
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1.2 ± 0.4k
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4.5 ± 1.1
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5.7 ± 0.4
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14.2 ± 1.0l
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- Notes: Results are expressed as the mean cell percentage obtained for each leucocyte population in lamina propria cell suspensions from infected rats (n = 5/ dpi) and control rats (n = 5) ± SD. Data were analysed by two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparisons test (nlme and multcomp packages, respectively; α = 0.05). Letters represent significant differences between infected and control animals: P = 0.0026: c vs a; P = 0.0053: h vs g; P = 0.0004: b vs a; P = 0.0005: d vs a, l vs k; P < 0.0001: c vs a, i vs g, f vs e, j vs g
