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Table 1 Analysis of suspect myxomatosis samples submitted for laboratory analysis in Denmark in the period 1998-2007

From: Detection of myxoma viruses encoding a defective M135R gene from clinical cases of myxomatosis; possible implications for the role of the M135R protein as a virulence factor

Year

Number of submissions

Number of positivea submissions (% positive)

2007

195

142 (73%)

2006

3

2 (67%)

2005

3

1 (33%)

2004

4

2 (50%)

2003

7

5 (71%)

2002

3

2 (67)

2001

3

0 (0%)

2000

8

2 (25%)

1999

6

1 (17%)

1998

15

11 (73%)

  1. a Samples were tested by ELISA and/or electron microscopy during the period 1998-2006 (26 of 52 samples proved positive during this period) and in 2007 the samples were analysed using the real time PCR assay described here.
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