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. 2002 Jan 7;82(3):279–300. doi: 10.1016/S1389-0352(01)00043-5

Table 2.

Recovery of 10–100 copies of viral nucleic acid target per 100 microgram of animal tissue extracted with the Qiagen DNA mini kit (tissue and blood protocol)

Animal tissue Recovery
Brain 60–90%
Kidney 70–95%
Spleen 68–80%
Lung 50–75%
Gonads 60–90%
Muscle 10–40%
Blood 10–20%
Heart 70–100%
Lymph node 30–90%
Liver 65–100%