Table 2 Samples from P. californicus either negative control (un) or infected with volepox virus (inf) were tested with G9R-NA OPXV rt-PCR assay
From: Detection of North American orthopoxviruses by real time-PCR
Specimen | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Total No. of specimens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | (Inf) | (un) | (inf) | (un) | (inf) | (un) | (inf) | (un) |
Blood | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
Oral swab | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
Ocular swab | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Anal swab | 5~ | 1 | 3~ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Spleen | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Gonad | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Kidney | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Lymph node | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Supradrenal | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
Brain | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
Liver | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
Lung | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
Skin lesion | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
Tognue lesion | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | NA | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Intestine lesion | NA | 1 | 2 | 1 | NA | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Bladder | NA | NA | 2 | NA | 1 | NA | 3 | NA |
Pancreas | NA | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | 2 | NA |
Number of positive/tested | 79/80 | 0/15 | 64/66 | 0/15 | 41/41 | 0/15 | 184/187 | 0/45 |