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. 2015 Dec;21(12):2267–2268. doi: 10.3201/eid2112.150804

Table. Summary of diagnostic and laboratory findings, animal species, sample materials, and region where samples were collected in the study of Shuni virus infection in ruminants, Israel, 2014–15*.

Animal no. Laboratory no. Species Clinical manifestation Region PCR-positive sample Vero isolation Virus isolation in mice
1 2417/1/14 Sheep Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain, placenta Negative Negative
2 2417/2/14 Sheep Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain Negative Negative
3 267/2/14 Sheep Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain Not done Not done
4 267/3/14 Sheep Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain Not done Not done
5 267/4/14 Sheep Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain Not done Not done
6 2498/1/14 Sheep Weak lamb syndrome Northern valley Brain, EDTA-blood Negative Negative
7 2504/1/14 Sheep Malformed aborted fetus Northern valley Brain Not done Not done
8 2504/2/14 Sheep Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain, placenta Negative Negative
9 273/14 Sheep† Malformed, aborted fetus Negev Brain Not done Not done
10 274/14 Sheep Aborted fetus Northern valley Brain, placenta Not done Not done
11 2504/3/14 Sheep† Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain, placenta Positive Positive
12 275/1/14 Sheep Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain, placenta Negative Negative
13 275/2/14 Sheep Malformed aborted fetus Northern valley Brain, placenta Not done Not done
14 263/14 Goat Malformed, aborted fetus Northern valley Brain, placenta Not done Not done
15 215/14 Cattle Aborted fetus Upper Galilee Brain Negative Negative

*Not done, not performed if insufficient brain material was available for cerebral inoculation or if the infected brain failed to propagate in the cell line. For some animals, >1 sample was collected.
†Sequences used to build the phylogenetic trees in Technical Appendix Figure 2.