TABLE 1.
Distribution of positive serum samples from Odontoceti species in different diagnostic assays
| Species | Total no. of samples | No. of positive reactions ina:
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| iELISA | cELISA | gELISA | RBT | IF | DB | ||
| T. truncatus | 55 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 31 |
| L. hosei | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| K. breviceps | 22 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| S. bredanensis | 23 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| S. coeruleoalba | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| G. griseus | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| S. longirostris | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| K. sima | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. clymene | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. attenuata | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. attenuata | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| S. frontalis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| P. electra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. delphis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. europaeus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O. orca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. macrocephalus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 179 | 58 (32.4) | 58 (32.4) | 45 (25.1) | 63 (35.2) | 71 (39.7) | 89 (49.7) |
a
Numbers within parentheses are the percentage of positive serum samples per assay.