Volume 17, Number 4—April 2011
Research
Orthopoxvirus DNA in Eurasian Lynx, Sweden
Morten Tryland
, Malachy Ifeanyi Okeke, Carl Hård af Segerstad, Torsten Mörner, Terje Traavik, and Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis
, Malachy Ifeanyi Okeke, Carl Hård af Segerstad, Torsten Mörner, Terje Traavik, and Marie-Pierre Ryser-DegiorgisTable
Overview of 24 of 263 Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) tested for orthopoxvirus-specific DNA, Sweden*
| Animal no. |
GenBank accession no. |
Year |
Age, y† |
Age class |
Sex |
Positive by PCR‡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lung |
Kidney |
Spleen |
||||||
| 17§ | Not sequenced | 1995 | ND | Subadult | F | x | x | x |
| 23 | FJ410798 | 1996 | 1 | Subadult | M | x | ||
| 31§ | Not sequenced | 1996 | 1 | Subadult | M | x | ||
| 38 | FJ410799 | 1997 | 2 | Subadult | M | x | x | |
| 49§ | FJ429238 | 1997 | ND | Adult | F | x | ||
| 104 | FJ429239 | 1997 | ND | Adult | M | x | ||
| 111§ | FJ429240 | 1997 | ND | Juvenile | F | x | ||
| 124 | FJ429241 | 1998 | 1 | Subadult | F | x | ||
| 128 | FJ429242 | 1998 | 1 | Subadult | F | x | ||
| 163§ | FJ429243 | 1998 | 0 | Juvenile | M | x | ||
| 165 | FJ429244 | 1998 | 2 | Adult | F | x | ||
| 170 | FJ429245 | 1998 | 1 | Subadult | F | x | x | x |
| 197 | FJ429246 | 1998 | 5 | Adult | M | x | ||
| 199 | FJ429247 | 1998 | ND | Adult | M | x | ||
| 209 | FJ429248 | 1999 | ND | Subadult | M | x | x | |
| 213¶ | Not sequenced | 1999 | 1 | Subadult | F | x | ||
| 214 | FJ429249 | 1999 | 1 | Subadult | M | x | x | x |
| 218 | FJ429250 | 1999 | 1 | Subadult | M | x | x | |
| 223 | FJ429251 | 1999 | 4 | Adult | F | x | x | |
| 226 | FJ429252 | 1999 | 0 | Juvenile | F | x | ||
| 229 | FJ429253 | 1999 | 4 | Adult | M | x | ||
| 255 | FJ429254 | 1999 | 1 | Subadult | M | x | x | |
| 270 | FJ429255 | 1999 | 6 | Adult | M | x | ||
| 271 | FJ429256 | 1999 | 4 | Adult | M | x | ||
*Evidenced by PCR targeting a part of the thymidine kinase gene (tk). Amplicons that were sequenced are underlined. ND, not determined.
†Age determined by sectioning of teeth.
‡Lung, 11 (4.2%), kidney, 13 (4.9%), spleen, 11 (4.2%) of 263 samples positive.
§Animals with sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes scabiei); all were emaciated (other orthopoxvirus-positive animals except no. 213 were in normal condition).
¶Animal in poor condition.
