Figure 1
Kinetics of SARS-CoV replication. A. Viral copy number per well during culture. Two MOI infecting doses were used, 0.1 (▲,■) and 0.01 (□,△) with 2 × 105 PBMCs/well. Harvested PBMCs were separated into two fractions, adherent cells (mostly macrophages), (■,△) and suspended cells (mostly lymphocytes), (▲,□). Points represent the mean of six subjects, each done in duplicate. Increasing viral copy number is clearly seen in adherent cells using an MOI of 0.1. There was little increase in viral load in non-adherent cells infected with SARS- CoV. B. Replication of SARS-CoV in the THP-1 cell line. Using an MOI of 0.1, fold increase from day 0 in SARS-CoV infected THP-1 cells (◆) was similar to the PBMCs adherent fraction (▲). Infections were done in duplicate and assayed in duplicate. Error bars represent SEM. C. Variation in the PBMC response to SARS-CoV infection. Using an MOI of 0.1 adherent cells (■) but not suspended cells (▲) showed differing lag phase length and viral replication in 6 subjects (a to f). Points show means of two replicates.