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Table 2 Grades of inflammation and immunolabeling for rustrela virus (RusV) in cats with non-suppurative meningoencephalomyelitis

From: Evidence of rustrela virus-associated feline staggering disease in Sweden since the 1970s

Case No.

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Brain stem

Spinal cord

 

Infl

RusV IHC

Infl

RusV IHC

Infl

RusV IHC

Infl

RusV IHC

1978a

Severe

3

Mild

2

Severe

2

Moderate

2

1978b

Moderate

3

None

2

Moderate

2

Moderate

2

1980

Severe

0

None

2

Severe

2

Moderate

0

1983

Moderate

2

None

3

Mild

3

Mild

2

1984

Mild

2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mild

2

1990

Moderate

0

Mild

3

Moderate

1

Mild

0

1993

Severe

1

Mild

3

Severe

1

Moderate

0

1996

Mild

3

None

3

Moderate

3

Mild

3

2003

Moderate

3

None

2

Moderate

2

Moderate

3

2004

Mild

1

Mild

1

Severe

2

Moderate

0

2009

Severe

0

Mild

1

Severe

1

Moderate

1

2015

Moderate

3

None

3

Moderate

3

Mild

3

2016

Severe

3

Moderate

3

Severe

3

Severe

3

  1. IHC immunohistochemistry, Infl. inflammation, n/a not applicable (missing sample)