Volume 15, Number 12—December 2009
Dispatch
New Adenovirus in Bats, Germany
Michael Sonntag, Kristin Mühldorfer, Stephanie Speck, Gudrun Wibbelt, and Andreas Kurth
Table 2
Distribution of DNA copy numbers of bat AdV-2 in different organs of similar size of infected Pipistrellus pipistrellus bats, Germany*†
| Bat no. | Intestine | Liver | Kidney | Lung | Heart | Brain | Spleen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198/07 | +++++ | +++ | ++++ | + | – | – | ND |
| 199/07 | ++++++ | ++++ | +++ | + | + | – | ND |
| 200/07 | +++++++ | +++ | ++ | + | – | – | ++ |
*AdV, adenovirus; +, positive; –, negative; ND, not determined.
†Analyzed by bat AdV-2 PPV1–specific TaqMan PCR. Increasing virus DNA copy numbers are indicated by the number of plus signs, which are equivalent to multiples of 3 cycle threshold values, starting with values from 37.0 to 40.0.
