Table 2.
Identification number, species, sex, age class, date and stranding location of the cetaceans with liver and lung samples positive to the DNA polymerase (DPOL) and glycoprotein B (gB) PCR protocols.
| ID Nº | Species | Sex | Age class | Stranding date (DD/MM/YYYY) | Local | Tissues tested | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver | Lung | Other tissues (positive tissues marked in bold) | ||||||||
| DPOL | gB | DPOL | gB | |||||||
| MM579* | Kogia sima | M | J | 04/05/2014 | Santos—SP | + (α) | – | + (α) | – | Cerebellum, cerebrum, epididymis, esophagus, eye, heart, intestine (DPOL), kidney, mesenteric lymph node (DPOL), stomach (DPOL), skin (DPOL), spinal cord, testicle, tongue, trachea |
| MM672 | Sotalia guianensis | M | J | 17/10/2009 | Rio de Janeiro—RJ | + (α) | – | NT | NT | – |
| MM731* | Sotalia guianensis | F | C | 06/01/2015 | Linhares—ES | + (α) | – | NT | NT | Blood (DPOL), kidney (DPOL), muscle, skin (DPOL) |
| ii94246 | Pontoporia blainvillei | M | A | 12/09/2018 | Praia Grande—SP | – | + (γ) | NT | NT | – |
| ii126142 | Pontoporia blainvillei | F | C | 02/11/2018 | Ilha Comprida—SP | – | + (γ) | + (γ) | + (γ) | Brain stem, duodenum (DPOL, gB), kidney (gB), thymus (DPOL, gB) |
| ii151268** | Pontoporia blainvillei | F | C | 29/11/2019 | Itanhaém—SP | + (γ) | – | NT | NT | – |
| ii160187 | Pontoporia blainvillei | M | A | 07/12/2019 | Praia Grande—SP | – | + (γ) | – | – | Brain stem, kidney, mesenteric lymph node (DPOL), spleen (DPOL) |
| ii166901** | Pontoporia blainvillei | F | A | 17/03/2020 | Praia Grande—SP | + (γ) | + (γ) | NT | NT | – |
| ii179266 | Kogia breviceps | F | A | 22/10/2019 | Laguna—SC | + (γ) | – | NT | NT | Cerebellum, kidney, mesenteric lymph node, spleen (DPOL) |
| MM332** | Pontoporia blainvillei | M | C | 23/06/2011 | Praia Grande—SP | NT | NT | – | + (γ) | Blood (gB), mesenteric lymph node, spleen |
| MM395** | Pontoporia blainvillei | M | J | 22/10/2001 | Ubatuba—SP | – | – | – | + (γ) | – |
| MM525 | Pontoporia blainvillei | M | C | 11/04/2013 | São Francisco do Sul—SC | NT | NT | – | + (γ) | Brain, blood, mesenteric lymph node (DPOL gB) |
| MM550** | Pontoporia blainvillei | M | J | 06/11/2013 | Praia Grande, SP | NT | NT | – | + (γ) | Mesenteric lymph node (DPOL), prescapular lymph node, testicle (DPOL, gB) |
| MM568** | Pontoporia blainvillei | M | C | 31/01/2014 | Guarujá—SP | NT | NT | + (γ) | + (γ) | Adrenal gland, heart, kidney, mesenteric lymph node, prescapular lymph node (DPOL, gB), skeletal muscle (DPOL, gB), skin (gB), thymus (gB) |
| MM382 | Mesoplodon europaeus | F | A | 27/01/2011 | Cruz—CE | – | – | + (α) | – | Heart (DPOL), intestine, kidney, placenta, spleen (DPOL), stomach, uterus |
| ii137962 | Sotalia guianensis | F | C | 03/03/2019 | Cananéia—SP | – | – | + (γ) | – | Brain stem, kidney, mesenteric lymph node, spleen, thymus |
| ii213578 | Stenella frontalis | M | A | 20/08/2020 | São Francisco do Sul—SC | – | – | – | + (γ) | Brain stem, kidney, mesenteric lymph node, spleen |
| ii230353 | Stenella frontalis | F | J | 21/11/2020 | Balneário Barra do Sul—SC | – | – | + (α) | – | Brain stem, kidney (gB)***, mesenteric lymph node, spleen |
| Mn939 | Megaptera novaeangliae | M | J | 3/08/2018 | Aracruz—ES | – | – | + (α) | – | Duodenum |
CE Ceará state, ES Espírito Santo state, RJ Rio de Janeiro state, SC Santa Catarina state, SP São Paulo state, M male, F female, C calf, J juvenile, A adult. The gammaherpesvirus subfamilies found in the positive samples are indicated with α (Alphaherpesvirinae) and γ (Gammaherpesvirinae).
*Cases previously published by Sacristán et al.32, presenting two different alphaherpesvirus species, one in intestine and skin, and another in stomach and mesenteric lymph node.
**Cases previously published by Exposto Novoselecki et al.34.
***The kidney of ii230353 presented a gammaherpesvirus.