Large-scale lagovirus disease outbreaks in European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in France caused by RHDV2 strains spatially shared with rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Table 1 Summary of samples, methods and results on hares

Objective	Sample size	Collection period	Methods used	Virus strains
Detection and molecular characterization of RHDV2 in hares	50^a	01/2013 to 02/2015	RT-PCRs U38/EBHS9 and VP60, search for recombinant strains (RT-PCR 1U/1L), sequencing	7 RHDV2 (of which 3 recombinant strains and 1 coinfection RHDV2/EBHSV)
Relative proportion of RHDV2 and EBHSV in lagovirus infections	208^a	2015	rRT-PCR RHDV2 and rRT-PCR EBHSV	32 RHDV2, 54 EBHSV and 1 coinfection RHDV2/EBHSV

Complete information on the lagovirus positive samples is reported in the Additional files 1 and 2.
^aTen samples have been used for both objectives.

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