. 2019 Jul 5;6(8):ofz309. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz309

Table 1.

Quantitation of Viral RNA in Organs of Deceased Ferrets in Each Group Using Real-Time RT-PCR

	Organs of Deceased Ferrets, Log₁₀ Copies/mL^a
Group	Lung	Liver	Spleen	Intestine	Kidney
Infected	4.02 ± 0.13	4.36 ± 0.58	5.28 ± 0.20	4.68 ± 0.45	3.04 ± 0.64
Fatal cases in DC	1.19 ± 0.08	2.63 ± 0.29	3.59 ± 0.18	1.14 ± 0.25	0.70 ± 0.15

Abbreviations: DC, direct contact; RT-PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.

^aThe virus RNA detection limit was 0.30 log₁₀ copies/mL.