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Volume 20, Number 9—September 2014
Dispatch

Novel Circovirus from Mink, China

Hai Lian1, Ye Liu1, Nan Li, Yuying Wang, Shoufeng Zhang, and Rongliang HuComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, China

Main Article

Table 2

Prevalence of mink circovirus DNA in mink, Dalian, China

Specimen tested No. mink Age of mink, mo. (no. mink) Farm* Positive for mink circovirus
Mink with diarrhea




Liver 12 6–7 (8),
7–8 (3),
9–10 (1) 4 from farm 1, 
5 from farm 2, 
3 from farm 3 12
Gut 12 6–7 (8),
7–8 (3),
9–10 (1) 4 from farm 1,
 5 from farm 2,
 3 from farm 3 12
Feces
19
6–7 (12),
7–8 (5),
9–10 (2)
7 from farm 1,
 8 from farm 2,
 4 from farm 3
19
Healthy mink




Liver 9 6–7 (6),
7–8 (3) 4 from farm 1, 
3 from farm 2,
 2 from farm 3 0
Gut 9 6–7 (6),
7–8 (3) 4 from farm 1, 
3 from farm 2, 
2 from farm 3 0
Feces 11 6–7 (7),
7–8 (3),
9–10 (1) 4 from farm 1, 
5 from farm 2, 
2 from farm 3 0

*Farms 1 and 2 located in Zhuanghe County, Dalian, China; farm 3 located in Pulandian County, Dalian

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Main Article

1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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