TABLE 4.
Results of detection of viruses by PCR confirmed by nested PCR and/or DBH
| Sample sourcea or parameter | nb | % of fish positive by PCR/reamplification and confirmation by nested PCR and/or DBH/total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPNV | VHSV | VNNV | Total | ||
| Oceanographic campaigns | |||||
| I | 28 | 7.1/35.7 | 7.1/7.1 | 17.9/32.1 | 28.6/53.6 |
| II | 49 | 22.5/49.0 | 2.0/59.2 | 2.0/12.2 | 24.5/71.4 |
| III | 102 | 0.0/11.8 | 0.0/46.1 | 3.9/19.6 | 3.9/39.2 |
| Total | 179 | 7.3/25.7 | 1.7/43.6 | 5.6/19.6 | 13.4/50.3 |
| River mouth samplingsc in: | |||||
| Zone 1 | 10 | 0.0/100 | 0.0/10.0 | 0.0/60.0 | 0/100 |
| Zone 2 | 17 | 0.0/11.8 | 0.0/11.8 | 0.0/64.7 | 0/64.7 |
| Total | 27 | 0.0/44.4 | 0.0/11.1 | 0.0/63.0 | 0/77.8 |
a
Samplings of the species shown in Tables 1 and 5, corresponding to oceanographic campaigns I, II, and III were performed in November 2010, March 2011, and October to December 2011, respectively.
b
Number of fish sampled.
c
Samplings in river mouth zones were carried out in October 2010 and May 2011, respectively, and samples were exclusively from thicklip gray mullet (C. labrosus) fish.