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Table 2 Relationship between pre-existing VN titer against EHV-1 and its increase after vaccination

From: Epizootiological investigation of equine herpesvirus type 1 infection among Japanese racehorses before and after the replacement of an inactivated vaccine with a modified live vaccine

Period

Type of vaccine

Response

Response rate (no.) in horses with pre-vaccination VN titer of:

< 10

10

20

40

80

160

320

640

Total no.

2013–2014

Inactivated

Significant increasea

1

7

7

5

1

0

0

0

21

No increase

0

1

4

5

9

7

3

0

29

Total no.

1

8

11

10

10

7

3

0

50

2014–2015

Live

Significant increase

2

12

13

10

5

2

1

0

45

No increase

0

0

0

0

1

3

1

0

5

Total no.

2

12

13

10

6

5

2

0

50

2015–2016

Live

Significant increase

7

6

11

6

6

1

1

0

38

No increase

0

0

0

0

3

3

4

2

12

Total no.

7

6

11

6

9

4

5

2

50

  1. aA more than four-fold titer rise was regarded as a significant increase