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Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Research Letter

Experimental Infection of North American Deer Mice with Clade I and II Monkeypox Virus Isolates

Yvon Deschambault, Levi Klassen, Geoff Soule, Kevin Tierney, Kimberly Azaransky, Angela Sloan, and David SafronetzComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Y. Deschambault, L. Klassen, G. Soule, K. Tierney, K. Azaransky, A. Sloan, D. Safronetz); Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg (L. Klassen); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (D. Safronetz)

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Table

Summary of PCR results of selected organs collected from deer mice experimentally infected with 3 different MPXV isolates*

Tissue Sex MPXV/SP2833
USA-2003
MPXV/V79-1-005
4 dpi 10 dpi 4 dpi 10 dpi 4 dpi 10 dpi
Nasal turbinate M 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33) 3/3 (100) 3/3 (100) 2/3 (67) 2/3 (67)
F 3/3 (100) 3/3 (100) 3/3 (100) 2/3 (67) 3/3 (100) 2/3 (67)

Total
6/6 (100)
4/6 (67)

6/6 (100)
5/6 (83)

5/6 (83)
4/6 (67)
Lung M 3/3 (100) 0/3 (0) 3/3 (100) 3/3 (100) 3/3 (100) 2/3 (67)
F 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33) 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33) 3/3 (100) 2/3 (67)

Total
6/6 (100)
1/6 (17)

6/6 (100)
4/6 (67)

6/6 (100)
4/6 (67)
Heart M 1/3 (33) 0/3 (0) 2/3 (67) 0/3 (0) 1/3 (33) 0/3 (0)
F 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0)

Total
1/6 (17)
0/6 (0)

2/6 (33)
0/6 (0)

1/6 (17)
0/6 (0)
Liver M 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 3/3 (100) 0/3 (0) 2/3 (67) 0/3 (0)
F 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 3/3 (100) 2/3 (67) 3/3 (100) 0/3 (0)

Total
0/6 (0)
0/6 (0)

6/6 (100)
2/6 (33)

5/6 (83)
0/6 (0)
Spleen M 1/3 (33) 0/3 (0) 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33) 2/3 (67) 0/3 (0)
F 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33) 3/3 (100) 0/3 (0)

Total
1/6 (17)
0/6 (0)

6/6 (100)
2/6 (33)

5/6 (83)
0/6 (0)
Small intestine M 1/3 (33) 0/3 (0) 1/3 (33) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0)
F 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 2/3 (67) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0)

Total
1/6 (17)
0/6 (0)

3/6 (50)
0/6 (0)

0/6 (0)
0/6 (0)
Oral swab M 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33) 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33) 1/3 (33) 0/3 (0)
F 2/3 (67) 1/3 (33) 3/3 (100) 2/3 (67) 1/3 (33) 0/3 (0)

Total
5/6 (83)
2/6 (33)

6/6 (100)
3/6 (50)

2/6 (33)
0/6 (0)
Rectal swab M 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33) 3/3 (100) 2/3 (67) 0/3 (0) 1/3 (33)
F 2/3 (67) 1/3 (33) 1/3 (33) 2/3 (67) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0)
Total 5/6 (83) 2/6 (33) 4/6 (67) 4/6 (67) 0/6 (0) 1/6 (17)

*Values are no. (%). dpi, days postinfection; MPXV, monkeypox virus.

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