Figure 5From: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) RNA loads in peripheral blood correlates with disease severity in miceBlood RSV RNA detection Correlates with Acute Airway Obstruction. Fig. 5A. Airway obstruction assessed by Penh (Y axis) significantly increased in mice infected with live RSV. On day 5 post-infection Penh values were significantly higher in RSV infected mice compared with mice inoculated with HI-RSV and non-infected controls n = 12-16; One way ANOVA (p < 0.001). Fig. 5B. Penh values correlated with peripheral blood RSV-RNA loads in RSV infected mice on day 5 post-inoculation (p < 0.01; r = 0.7; n = 14). Correlations were computed using the Pearson's correlation coefficient.Back to article page