From: Quantification of HTLV-I proviral load in experimentally infected rabbits
 | Inoculated with | ||||||
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 | Naked DNA | Cell-free virus | Whole blood | ||||
ID (Mo.)†| BH19(30) | BH21(30) | BH25(30) | T4-9(11) | BH69(19) | BH76(17) | BH89 (18) |
PBMC | 7.5 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 8.7 |
Thymus | 22.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
Liver | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
Spleen | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | ND |
Skin | 23.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
Heart | 12.7 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 12.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
Lung | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ND | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Kidney | 3.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
Uterus | 3.2 | 3.0 | 0.3 | ND | 1.2 | 5.0 | 0.5 |
Spinal cord | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 50.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Brain | 0.1 | 0.3 | ND | 6.9 | ND | ND | ND |
Tumor ‡ | NA | NA | 1.8 | 1.9 | NA | 11.0 | NA |