From: Search for polyoma-, herpes-, and bornaviruses in squirrels of the family Sciuridae
Host taxonomic name (subfamily, species) | Host common name | Origina | Herpesvirus | Organs tested with PCRs | n tested squirrels | n tested samples | n samples positive in generic PCR | n samples positive in virus specific nested PCR | n animals positive in generic or specific nested PCR |
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Sciurinae | |||||||||
Sciurus carolinensis | Eastern grey squirrel | Penicuik, Scotland | ScarGHV1 | lung, spleen | 6 | 11 | 8 | n. d.b | 5 |
Anwoth, Scotland | lung, spleen | 3 | 6 | 0 | - c | 0 | |||
Kirkbright, Scotland | ScarGHV1 | lung, spleen | 4 | 8 | 2 | n. d. | 1 | ||
Dumfries, Scotland | ScarGHV1 | spleen | 13 | 13 | 2 | n. d. | 2 | ||
ScarGHV2 | spleen | 1 | n. d. | 1 | |||||
Borders Region, Scotland | ScarGHV1 | spleen | 13 | 13 | 3 | n. d. | 3 | ||
Brampton, England | ScarGHV1 | spleen | 10 | 10 | 9 | n. d. | 9 | ||
Pennsylvania, USA | ScarGHV1 | lung | 5 | 5 | 3 | n. d. | 3 | ||
ScarGHV2 | lung | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Piedmont Region, Italy | ScarBHV1 | lung, spleen | 30 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
Lombardy Region, Italy | ScarBHV1 | lung, spleen | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
subtotal | ScarGHV1 | 88 | 118 | 29 | n. d. | 28 (31.8%) | |||
ScarGHV2 | 88 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 2 (2.3%) | ||||
ScarBHV1 | 88 | 118 | 2 | 5 | 5 (5.7%) | ||||
Sciurus vulgaris | Eurasian red squirrel | Scotland (Scotland (road mortality)) | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 7 | 12 | 9 | n. d. | 6 |
Isle of Arran, Scotland | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 12 | 13 | 7 | n. d. | 7 | ||
Neustadt, Germany | lung, spleen | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | |||
Munich, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 16 | 22 | 9 | n. d. | 7 | ||
Waiblingen, Germany | lung, spleen | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | |||
Heidelberg, Germany | spleen | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | |||
Bad König, Germany | lung, spleen | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | |||
Dresden, Germany | lung, spleen | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | |||
Wentorf, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 1 | 2 | 1 | n. d. | 1 | ||
Billigheim, Germany | lung, spleen | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | |||
Rödermark, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 6 | 12 | 3 | n. d. | 2 | ||
Leutenbach, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 1 | 2 | 1 | n. d. | 1 | ||
Bonn, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung | 1 | 1 | 1 | n. d. | 1 | ||
Bad Nauheim, Germany | lung | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | |||
Oberhausen, Germany | lung | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | |||
Berlin, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 4 | 8 | 3 | n. d. | 2 | ||
Stuttgart, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 6 | 12 | 1 | n. d. | 1 | ||
Görlitz, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 6 | 12 | 2 | n. d. | 2 | ||
Sternenfels, Germany | SvulBHV1 | lung, spleen | 7 | 13 | 2 | n. d. | 1 | ||
subtotal | 77 | 126 | 39 | 31 (40.3%) | |||||
Sciurus variegatoides | Variegated squirrel | Germany | spleen | 7 | 7 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | American red squirrel | Pennsylvania, USA | lung | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Xerinae | |||||||||
Urocitellus richardsonii | Richardson’s ground squirrel | Winnipeg, Canada | UricGHV1 | spleen | 11 | 11 | 10 | n. d. | 10 (90.9%) |
Tamias striatus | Eastern Chipmunk | Pennsylvania, USA | TstrGHV1 | lung, spleen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) |
Callosciurinae | |||||||||
Callosciurus erythraeus | Pallas’s squirrel | Lombardy Region, Italy | CeryBHV1 | lung, spleen | 35 35 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 23 (65.7%) |
CeryGHV1 | lung, spleen | 44 | 2 | 5 | 6 (14.3%) | ||||
Callosciurus prevostii | Prevost’s squirrel | Germany | CpreBHV1 | spleen | 17 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 (5.9%) |
CpreGHV1 | spleen | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 (5.9%) | ||||
total | 238 | 326 | 104 | 27 | 108 |