Asymmetric competitive suppression between strains of dengue virus

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Description of Experimental Design.

	Treatment Number^a	Infection Type	Serotypes^b	Superinfection Interval (hrs)	Total MOI
A	1	SINGLE	2	0	5
	2	(intraspecific)	4	0	5
	3^c	CO (inter-)	2 and 4	0	10
	4^c	SUPER	2 then 2	1	10
	5^c	(intra-)	4 then 4	1	10
	6	SUPER	2 then 4	1	10
	7	(inter-)	4 then 2	1	10
B	8	SINGLE	2	0	5
	9	(intraspecific)	4	0	5
	10^c	CO (inter-)	2 and 4	0	10
	11^c	SUPER	2 then 2	6	10
	12^c	(intra-)	4 then 4	6	10
	13^c	SUPER	2 then 4	6	10
	14^c	(inter-)	4 then 2	6	10

^a Treatments are numbered; these numbers are referenced throughout the manuscript.
^b Numbers refer to the DENV serotypes in the treatment; and = the two serotypes were added simultaneously, then = there was a time lag between the addition of each serotype.
^c Treatments used in Figure 3: Single-strain infections = 4, 5, 11 and 12, Coinfections = 3 and 10, and Superinfections = 13 and 14.

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