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Table 2 Day (3, 7, 14, 21 and 28) of the culture positivity from samples taken at each day post-infection in whole blood (WB) and leukoreduced blood (LR-WB) units

From: Survival of Rickettsia conorii in artificially contaminated whole and leukoreduced canine blood units during the storage period

Day post-infection

Day of isolation

Unit A

Unit B

Unit C

Unit D

Unit E

WB

LR WB

WB

LR WB

WB

LR WB

WB

LR WB

WB

LR WB

1

7

14

7

14

3

14

7

14

7

14

4

3

3

3

14

3

3

7

28

3

3

7

3

14

14

14

3

7

21

28

7

14

14

14

neg

14

14

3

14

14

neg

14

21

21

14

21

14

14

3

7

7

neg

7

14

28

21

3

7

7

3

neg

neg

neg

14

14

35

28

14

14

neg

ne

14

ne

neg

3

14

  1. Abbreviations: ne, not examined; neg, negative