Table 3 RT-PCR results and virus titers in swabs and organs of selected H5N1-infected wild raptors
RT-PCR values* (virus titers)** | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samples | Common buzzards | Peregrine falcons | ||||||
B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | F1 | F2 | |
Pharyngeal swab | 24.2 (2.2) | 26.7 (0.8) | 23.9 (0.8) | 26.9 (n) | 29.0 (1.2) | 28.9 (n) | 26.8 (2.2) | 28.8 (n) |
Cloacal swab | 25.9 (n***) | np**** | n (n) | 24.6 (n) | 28.2 (n) | 31.0 (n) | 16.5 (2.5) | 28.2 (1.5) |
Lung | 18.1 (5.1) | 19.6 (5.0) | 17.6 (2.8) | 14.4 (2.0) | 22.0 (4.2) | 24.5 (3.4) | 22.1 (2.8) | 34.6 (4.0) |
Air sac | 17.3 (n) | 19.2 (2.6) | 21.2 (n) | 21.0 (n) | 17.5 (2.5) | 22.2 (n) | 13.2 (n) | 25.9 (n) |
Liver | n (n) | 28.3 (n) | 26.1 (n) | 21.9 (n) | 24.5 (n) | 20.7 (n) | 20.3 (n) | 21.6 (n) |
Spleen | 21.5 (n) | 21.6 (n) | 25.5 (n) | 27.5 (n) | 28.4 (n) | 22.1 (n) | 26.7 (n) | 21.2 (n) |
Heart | 24.0 (n) | 21.9 (2.3) | 17.4 (n) | 19.6 (n) | 15.3 (n) | 17.2 (n) | 20.1 (n) | 19.5 (n) |
Kidney | 24.5 (1.6) | 23.2 (n) | 19.7 (n) | 15.0 (n) | 19.5 (n) | 19.9 (n) | 18.4 (n) | 26.4 (n) |
Jejunum | 18.9 (1.9) | 17.7 (n) | 29.7 (n) | 29.3 (n) | 22.6 (n) | 20.7 (n) | 21.8 (n) | 22.7 (n) |
Colon | 20.4 (n) | 21.4 (n) | 29.6 (n) | 27.1 (n) | 21.4 (n) | 19.7 (n) | 24.4 (n) | 22.4 (n) |
Pancreas | 26.7 (n) | 25.0 (n) | 38.0 (n) | 34.7 (n) | 29.8 (n) | 34.3 (n) | 9.6 (n) | 13.7 (2.5) |
Cloaca/Bursa | np | 21.4 (n) | 29.1 (2.1) | 20.8 (n) | np | np | np | 20.9 (n) |
Brain | 15.5 (6.2) | 9.5 (6.3) | 13.4 (5.5) | 11.3 (6.7) | 9.1 (6.2) | 18.5 (5.2) | 8.8 (4.6) | 14.1 (6.3) |