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Findings in clinically healthy versus clinically sick horses |
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| n |
Histological score: median (span) |
IHC (MP): median (span) |
IHC (PII): median (span) |
IHC (BE): median (span) |
IHC (percentage): median (span) |
PCR: positive cases (percentage) |
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| Clinically healthy (Subgroups I + II) |
20 |
0 (0–6) |
0 (0–1) |
0 (0–4) |
17 (0–119) |
1.108 (0–8.92) |
9 (45) |
| Clinically sick (Subgroups III + IV) |
25 |
3 (0–29) |
0 (0–4) |
0 (0–63) |
113 (4–535) |
7.304 (0.20–37.1) |
15 (60) |
| Mann-Whitney-U *Pearson Chi Square |
p = 0.010 |
p = 0.079 |
p = 0.127 |
p < 0.001 |
p < 0.001 |
*p = 0.316 |
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Immunohistochemistry (IHC): Number of CP antigen-positive cells in 3 high power fields MP: macrophages, PII: type II pneumocytes, BE: bronchiolar epithelial cells IHC (percentage): Number of all CP antigen-positive cells in 3 high power fields in relation to all cells | |||||||
Theegarten et al. Respiratory Research 2008 9:14 doi:10.1186/1465-9921-9-14 |
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