Table 3.
Organs of NHP positive in generic PCR
| Virus group and sample type | No. of samples tested (no. of samples positive) in generic PCR by speciesa |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Chimpanzee | WRC | BWC | |
| Cytomegaloviruses | |||
| Lung | 16 (5) | 8 (3) | |
| Spleen | 7 (1) | 7 (3) | 1 (1) |
| Liver | 10 (2) | 7 (2) | 1 (1) |
| Heart | 5 (1) | 2 (1) | |
| Lymph node | 10 (1) | 2 (1) | |
| Intestine | 12 | ||
| Tonsil | 6 (2) | ||
| Kidney | 3 | 2 (1) | |
| Whole blood | 4 (1) | ||
| Thymus | 1 (1) | ||
| Pancreas | 1 (1) | ||
| Brain | 2 | ||
| Bladder | 1 | 2 | |
| Trachea | 1 | ||
| Blood (buffy coat) | 8 | 9 | |
| Heart blood | 1 | ||
| Total | 78 (15) | 38 (11) | 12 (2) |
| Lymphocryptoviruses | |||
| Lung | 15 (5) | 7 (2) | |
| Spleen | 7 (4) | 7 (3) | 1 |
| Lymph node | 8 (4) | 2 | |
| Liver | ND | ND | 1 |
| Trachea | 1 | ||
| Blood (buffy coat) | ND | 7 (1) | |
| Total | 30 (13) | 16 (5) | 10 (1) |
| Rhadinoviruses | |||
| Lung | 15 (5) | 7 (1) | |
| Spleen | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 1 (1) |
| Lymph node | 8 (2) | 2 (1) | |
| Liver | ND | ND | 1 (1) |
| Trachea | 1 | ||
| Blood (buffy coat) | ND | 7 (4) | |
| Total | 30 (8) | 16 (3) | 10 (6) |
a
ND, not determined.