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Table 4 LCDV detection and estimated viral load determined by real-time PCR in caudal fin and blood from asymptomatic gilthead seabream breeders

From: Application of a new real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for surveillance studies of lymphocystis disease virus in farmed gilthead seabream

  

Viral loadb

Samples

LCDV detectiona

Load range

Mean ± SD

Caudal fin

44 (50)

8.7–61

(2.7 ± 1.40) x 101

Blood

18 (50)

0.2–4.4

(1.3 ± 1.37) x 100

  1. a Percentage of LCDV-positive fish (total number of fish analysed)
  2. b Copies of viral DNA per mg of tissue (caudal fin samples) or per μl (blood samples)
  3. SD standard deviation
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BMC Veterinary Research

ISSN: 1746-6148

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