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Table 4 Repartition of OsHV-1 negative and positive samples according to mortality characteristics in the field (A) or nursery (B) (*p < 0.001; ns: non-significant)

From: Ostreid herpesvirus 1 detection and relationship with Crassostrea gigas spat mortality in France between 1998 and 2006

a

     
 

Field samples

OsHV-1 PCR results

Mortality pattern*

Mortality development

 

Patchy

Uniform

Concentric

Acute

Chronic

Positive

44

14

0

56

2

Negative

42

92

8

120

22

Total

86

106

8

176

24

b

     
 

Nursery samples

OsHV-1 PCR results

Mortality pattern ns

Mortality development*

 

Patchy

Uniform

Concentric

Acute

Chronic

Positive

5

30

0

34

1

Negative

3

24

0

15

12

Total

8

54

0

49

13