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. 2020 Jun 18;44(5):583–605. doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa024

Table 3A.

KoRV infection prevalence reported between 2012 and 2019 in wild and captive koalas.

KoRV subtype
Origin Region #koalas Total pol gene A B D F G H I Reference
QLD northern (1891-1980s) 16 15 (94%) Avila-Arcos et al. 2013
Blair Athol 27 27 (100%) Simmons et al. 2012
SEQLD 250 250 (100%) Simmons et al. 2012
SEQLD 12 12 (100%) Wedrowicz et al. 2018
SEQLD 290 290 (100%) 83 (29%) Quigley et al. 2018
SEQLD 16 16 (100%) 4 (25%) 14 (88%) 4 (25%) Quigley et al. 2019
SEQLD 33 33 (100%) 33 (100%) 33 (100%) 11 (33%) 32 (97%) Sarker et al. 2019
SEQLD 18 18 (100%) 14 (78%) 17 (94%) 8 (44%) 2 (11%) 1 (6%) 1 (6%) Chappell et al. 2017
NSW NENSW 12 12 (100%) Wedrowicz et al. 2018
Pilliga 57 57 (100%) Simmons et al. 2012
Port Macquarie 15 15 (100%) Wedrowicz et al. 2016
Port Macquarie 43 43 (100%) Simmons et al. 2012
VIC Southern (1891-1980) 3 1 (33%) Avila-Arcos et al. 2013
Mallacoota 3 0 (0%) Wedrowicz et al. 2018
Raymond Island 136 38 (28%) Legione et al. 2017
Raymond Island 29 10 (35%) Simmons et al. 2012
Raymond Island 18 4 (22%) Wedrowicz et al. 2018
Greater Gippsland 33 6 (18%) Legione et al. 2017
Gippsland 20 11 (55%) Simmons et al. 2012
Strezlecki Ranges 26 18 (69%) Simmons et al. 2012
South Gippsland 203 64 (32%) Wedrowicz et al. 2018
South Gippsland/ Raymond Island 19 9 (47%) Wedrowicz et al. 2016
Central Gippsland 17 13 (76%) Wedrowicz et al. 2018
Snake Island 12 6 (50%) Simmons et al. 2012
French Island 94 23 (24%) Legione et al. 2017
French Island 28 6 (21%) Simmons et al. 2012
Phillip Island 6 0 (0%) Wedrowicz et al. 2016
Phillip Island 11 0 (0%) Simmons et al. 2012
Mornington Peninsula 15 4 (27%) Legione et al. 2017
South West Coast 178 30 (17%) Legione et al. 2017
Cape Otway 11 2 (18%) Wedrowicz et al. 2018
Far West 167 52 (31%) Legione et al. 2017
Far north Vic 15 6 (40%) Legione et al. 2017
General mainland 43 36 (82%) Simmons et al. 2012
SA Kangaroo Island 170 72 (42%) 0 (0%) Fabijan et al. 2019a
Kangaroo Island 162 24 (15%) Simmons et al. 2012
Mt Lofty 28 28 (100%) 28 (100%) 28 (100%) 12 (43%) 18 (64%) Sarker et al. 2019
Mt Lofty 75 49 (65%) 0 (0%) Fabijan et al. 2019a
USA Los Angeles Zoo 13 13(100%) 6(46%) Xu et al. 2013
Japan 9 unnamed zoos: QLD/NSW koalas 40 40 (100%) 27 (68%) Shojima et al. 2013b
9 unnamed zoos: VIC koalas 11 4 (36%) 0 (0%) Shojima et al. 2013b
Kobe Oji Zoo, Saitama Children's Zoo, Hirakawa Zoological Park 20 20 (100%) 12 (60%) Hashem et al. 2019; Kayesh et al. 2019
Germany Duisburg Zoo 5 5 (100%) 2 (40%) Fiebig, Keller and Denner 2016
Belgium Antwerp Zoo 1 1 (100%) 1 (100%) Fiebig, Keller and Denner 2016

Notes: Avila-Arcoset al.2013 data is from museum koala skins; Legione et al.2017total KoRV data was further tested to confirm 88% of cases were positive for KoRV-A while no KoRV-B was detected. Dashes indicate the subtype was not detected, blank spaces indicate the study did not test for the indicated target.