Figure 6.

Assessment of HTLV-2 infection in rabbits. Antibody response against HTLV-2 from each rabbit was measured by anti-HTLV commercial ELISA assay, using both HTLV Gag and envelope proteins as antigens. Each dot represents the absorbance value of a single inoculated rabbit at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11 wks post inoculation within each group. Inocula used for the rabbits were 729.HTLV-2 (n = 6), 729.HTLV-2Δp28 (n = 6), or 729 (n = 2). The horizontal line represents the average of the rabbit group at each weekly time point and the dotted line represents three times the standard deviation of uninfected control values.