Laboratory Investigations of African Pouched Rats (Cricetomys gambianus) as a Potential Reservoir Host Species for Monkeypox Virus
Fig 4
Viable viral load (p.f.u./ml) for each experimental animal found in oral (A), nasal (B) and rectal swabs (C) throughout the study.
Higher viral loads were obtained from oral swabs than from rectal or nasal swabs. No viable virus was found in sample days after Day 27 post infection (p.i.).