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Table 1 Composition of white blood cells during acute ASFV infection in swine.

From: Pathology of porcine peripheral white blood cells during infection with African swine fever virus

Cell types

The percent (%) of cells

ANOVA

 

Control

1 dpi

2 dpi

3 dpi

4 dpi

5 dpi

6 dpi

7 dpi

p

Lymphoblasts

0

0

0.5 ± 0.1

3.2 ± 0.9**

3.6 ± 0.9**

18.9 ± 4.8**

10.3 ± 2.7**

2.8 ± 0.7**

< 0.001

Small lymphocytes

34.2 ± 7.6

18.6 ± 4.3*

25.7 ± 7.0

12.6 ± 3.5*

11.2 ± 2.9*

8.5 ± 2.6*

8.0 ± 2.0*

3.3 ± 1.0*

< 0.001

Medium lymphocytes

13.2 ± 3.5

10.4 ± 2.2*

10.6 ± 2.3*

3.8 ± 0.8*

7.1 ± 1.8

7.2 ± 2.1

8.4 ± 2.2

3.7 ± 0.8*

< 0.001

Large lymphocytes

8.5 ± 3.1

11.0 ± 2.1

6.4 ± 1.2

6.3 ± 1.9

5.3 ± 1.1

5.4 ± 1.2*

6.5 ± 1.9

6.5 ± 1.2

< 0.001

Reactive lymphocytes

0

6.1 ± 2.0**

3.7 ± 0.8**

3.8 ± 0.9**

8.0 ± 2.0**

4.5 ± 1.1**

4.7 ± 1.1**

14.8 ± 2.9**

< 0.001

Atypical lymphocytes

0

4.3 ± 1.1**

8.0 ± 1.8**

7.0 ± 1.9**

4.4 ± 1.0**

5.4 ± 1.2**

10.3 ± 2.8**

14.8 ± 3.3**

< 0.001

Monoblasts

0.5 ± 0.1

3.0 ± 0.4**

3.7 ± 0.6**

3.8 ± 1.1**

7.1 ± 2.1**

2.7 ± 0.8

2.8 ± 0.5*

0.2 ± 0.1

< 0.001

Monocytes

7.7 ± 2.8

7.3 ± 2.1

8.5 ± 1.3

10.8 ± 2.2

9.7 ± 2.9

9.0 ± 2.3

7.5 ± 1.6

7.4 ± 1.4

< 0.001

Metamyelocytes

0

1.2 ± 0.3**

3.7 ± 0.9**

3.8 ± 1.0**

6.2 ± 1.4**

6.3 ± 1.5**

7.5 ± 1.9**

7.3 ± 2.0**

< 0.001

Band neutrophils

7.7 ± 3.0

12.8 ± 3.4**

14.9 ± 2.5**

20.3 ± 3.4**

12.4 ± 3.0

4.5 ± 1.1*

5.6 ± 1.2

5.6 ± 1.8

< 0.001

Segmented neutrophils

23.1 ± 5.5

19.5 ± 4.0*

5.3 ± 0.9*

8.9 ± 1.5*

3.5 ± 0.9*

3.6 ± 0.9*

3.7 ± 0.8*

1.9 ± 0.3*

< 0.001

Eosinophils

4.9 ± 1.1

4.9 ± 1.3

1.6 ± 0.2*

3.8 ± 0.8

1.8 ± 0.5*

3.6 ± 0.7

2.8 ± 0.6

1.9 ± 0.2*

< 0.001

Basophils

0.2 ± 0.01

0.3 ± 0.02

0.4 ± 0.02

0.1 ± 0.02

0.3 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.1

< 0.001

Plasmocytes

0

0

1.6 ± 0.3**

3.2 ± 0.5**

2.7 ± 0.7**

3.6 ± 0.9**

4.7 ± 0.9**

4.6 ± 1.1**

< 0.001

Dead cells

0

0.6 ± 0.1

5.3 ± 1.0**

8.9 ± 1.6**

16.8 ± 3.4**

16.2 ± 4.0**

16.8 ± 3.8**

24.8 ± 4.8**

< 0.001

  1. Control represents the mean of given cell type for each time point of infection
  2. * Significant decrease compared with control (p < 0.05-p < 0.001)
  3. ** Significant increase compared with control (p < 0.05-p < 0.001)