TABLE 3.
Results for clinical samples examined by multiplex PCR, virus isolation, and routine PCR
| Specimen source | Multiplex PCR resultsa by subgroup: |
Virus isolation resultsa | Routine PCR resultsa by primer pair: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | J | H5-H7b | H5-AD1c | ||
| Tissue | 7a/127b | 10/127 | 67/127 | 79/127 | 67/127 | 17/127 |
| Cloaca swabs | 3/86 | 2/86 | 27/86 | 21/86 | 27/86 | 5/86 |
| Albumen | 2/59 | 0/59 | 16/59 | 10/59 | 16/59 | 2/59 |
| Whole blood | 5/74 | 4/74 | 23/74 | 28/74 | 23/74 | 9/74 |
| Total | 17/346 | 16/346 | 133/346 | 138/346 | 133/346 | 33/346 |
| Positive-sample rate (%) | 166/346 (48) | 138/346 (40) | 166/246 (48) | |||
a
Number of positive samples/number of samples examined.
b
The number of positive samples here detected by the primer pair H5-H7 was for ALV-J.
c
The number of positive samples here detected by the primer pair H5-AD1 was for ALV-A and ALV-B only (18).