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Table 3 Results of RT-qPCR analysis of selected tissue samples from wild boar (wb) and miniature pigs (mp)

From: Natural and experimental hepatitis E virus genotype 3 - infection in European wild boar is transmissible to domestic pigs

Tissue

CT-value

Goup 1. Intravenous inoculation of wb

Group 2. Intravenous inoculation of mp

Group 3. Contact infection of wb and mp

copies/μL RNA

wb93

wb95

wb10

wb11

mp30*

mp37

mp39

mp40

wb87

mp63

mp68

mp79

Liver

20.7

22.6

24.1

24.6

28.1

32.3

24.3

No CT

23.0

24.2

No CT

35.3

6521.0

2259.6

952.4

685.8

94.6

8.4

834.2

1763.9

888.8

1.5

Gall bladder

24.0

22.0

32.0

31.0

32.5

No CT

27.0

No CT

30.0

No CT

No CT

35.9

991.5

3137.8

9.9

17.6

7.3

175.1

31.3

1.0

Duodenum

27.6

27.2

31.4

No CT

34.5

No CT

29.1

No CT

31.1

No CT

No CT

No CT

124.0

157.0

13.8

2.3

51.3

16.9

Jejunum

31.6

24.9

No CT

No CT

34.1

No CT

31.8

No CT

29.6

No CT

No CT

No CT

12.3

577.0

3.0

11.0

40.3

Ileum

33.3

30.0

34.4

No CT

35.4

No CT

33.8

No CT

29.9

No CT

No CT

No CT

4.8

31.7

2.6

1.4

3.5

33.1

Caecum

25.9

32.3

35.3

34.8

35.5

No CT

26.5

No CT

25.0

35.9

No CT

35.0

337.7

8.4

1.5

2.0

1.3

23.,9

557.4

1.0

1.8

Colon

34.4

23.7

31.8

34.4

No CT

No CT

28.9

33.8

25.0

34.2

No CT

No CT

2.6

1171.8

10.8

2.4

60.7

3.6

557.4

2.7

Rectum

24.9

30.2

No CT

No CT

N. d.

No CT

32.6

No CT

33.0

No CT

No CT

No CT

607.7

28.2

7.2

5.5

Pancreas

No CT

34.7

No CT

No CT

N. d.

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

2.1

Mandibular LN

No CT

No CT

No CT

33.6

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

3.9

Kidney

34.7

33.2

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

31.7

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

2.0

5.0

11.6

Spleen

31.0

31.7

34.1

34.0

35.8

No CT

32.5

No CT

34.0

No CT

No CT

No CT

17.6

11.7

3.0

3.1

1.1

7.4

3.1

Heart

No CT

33.9

32.6

No CT

N. d.

No CT

No CT

No CT

34.6

No CT

No CT

No CT

3.3

6.9

2.2

Brain

32.3

28.9

No CT

No CT

N. d.

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

8.2

59.3

Muscle

No CT

30.7

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

20.7

Ovary/Testicle

No CT

30.9

No CT

No CT

N. d.

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

19.1

Uterus/Prostate

No CT

30.6

No CT

No CT

N. d.

No CT

35.0

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

No CT

22.3

1.8

  1. Tissues were taken on days 29 (Group 2) and 28 (Group 1, Group 3). No CT ≥36.0 (= negative). Viral copy numbers in tissues were calculated from CT values determined by RT-qPCR. LN = lymph node. N. d. = not determined. *Sudden death at 1 dpi (after blood collection).