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Table 2 HEV RNA in organs, excreta and bile from second-generation contact-infected pigs and iv inoculated pigs at 28 days post infection.

From: The course of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs after contact-infection and intravenous inoculation

	Contact infected						Inoculated
Pig	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Total	6	7	8	9	10
Faeces	+	-	-	-	+	2/5	5/5	+	+	+	+	+
Urine	+	-	-	+	+	3/5	0/5	-	-	-	-	-
Serum	-	-	-	-	+	1/5	4/5	+	+	-	+	+
Bile	+	-	-	-	+	2/5	5/5	+	+	+	+	+
Liver	+	-	-	-	+	2/5	5/5	+	+	+	+	+
Mesenterial LN	+	-	-	-	+	2/5	5/5	+	+	+	+	+
Bronchial LN	+	-	-	-	+	2/5	5/5	+	+	+	+	+
Hepatic LN	+	-	-	+	+	3/5	5/5	+	+	+	+	+
Pancreas	-	-	-	-	-	0/5	0/5	-	-	-	-	-
Spleen	+	-	-	+	+	3/5	5/5	+	+	+	+	+
Kidney	-	-	-	-	+	1/5	4/5	+	+	-	+	+
Ileum	-	-	-	-	.	1/4	4/5	+	+	-	+	+
Jejunum	-	-	-	-	+	1/5	4/4	+	+	.	+	+
Colon	+	-	-	-	+	2/5	4/5	+	+	-	+	+
Tonsil	-	-	-	-	-	0/5	3/5	+	-	-	+	+

'+' indicates the presence of HEV RNA; '-' indicates the failure to detect HEV RNA; '.' indicates that samples were not examined

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