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. 2012 Aug 14;7(8):e43106. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043106

Table 2. Summary of the molecular biological and histopathologic results of vespertilionid bats found positive for orthoreoviruses.

Bat Bat species/age and sex Virus strain Origin of bat Positive organs Virus load* Pathological changes Auto-lysis
E342/08 P. auritus Subadult/m T3/Bat/Germany/342/08 Bavaria Intestine 2.4*104 Lung: non-suppurative interstitial pneumonia (++);intestine: hemorrhagic enteritis (+++)
E019/09 M. mystacinus Juvenile/f Bat MRV 019/09 Bavaria Intestine 1.0*103 Lung: non-suppurative interstitial pneumonia (+)
E021/09 M. mystacinus Juvenile/f Bat MRV 021/09 Bavaria Intestine 1.3*104 Lung: non-suppurative interstitial pneumonia (+)
E022/09 M. mystacinus Juvenile/f Bat MRV 021/09 Bavaria Intestine Lung 1.0*103 8.7*104 Lung: non-suppurative interstitial pneumonia (+++);spleen: follicular hyperplasia (+); intestine:coccidiosis (+++) +
E099/09 P. pipistrellus Adult/m Bat MRV 021/09 Bavaria Liver Heart Brain 1.3*103 3.5*103 2.4*104 Lung: alveolar edema (++)
E121/09 P. nathusii Subadult/m Bat MRV 021/09 Bavaria Intestine Liver 1.0*103 2.4*104 Lung: alveolar edema (+++), non-suppurative interstitial pneumonia (+), leucocytostasis of blood vessels(+++);spleen: follicular hyperplasia (+++); kidney: glomerulopathy(+++)
E126/09 P. kuhlii Adult/m Bat MRV 021/09 Bavaria Intestine 1.9*103 Lung: non-suppurative interstitial pneumonia (++) +
E131/09 N. noctula Adult/f Bat MRV 021/09 Bavaria Intestine 1.0*103 Spleen: follicular hyperplasia (++); intestine: catarrhal-hemorrhagic enteritis (++); enteritis (+) ++

m, male; f, female; −, none; +, mild; ++, moderate; +++, severe (degree of severity);

*

per ml of homogenized organ tissue (average size of tissue piece 8 mm3).

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