Table 3.
Prevalence of KoRV subgroups in koalas in Japanese zoos
| Source of animalsa | Infection rateb (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| KoRV-pol | KoRV-A | KoRV-J | |
| Northern koalas | 40/40 (100) | 40/40 (100) | 27/40 (67.5) |
| QLD | 31/31 (100) | 31/31 (100) | 20/31 (64.5) |
| QLD × NSW hybrid | 3/3 (100) | 3/3 (100) | 2/3 (66.7) |
| NSW | 6/6 (100) | 6/6 (100) | 5/6 (83.3) |
| Southern koalas | |||
| VIC | 4/11 (36.4) | 4/11 (36.4) | 0/11 (0) |
| Total | 44/51 (86.3) | 44/51 (86.3) | 27/51 (52.9) |
a
Animals were obtained from northern or southern Australia. QLD, Queensland; NSW, New South Wales; VIC, Victoria.
b
The infection rate is the number of positive animals per the total number tested.