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Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017
Dispatch

Norovirus Infection in Harbor Porpoises

Miranda de GraafComments to Author , Rogier Bodewes1, Cornelis E. van Elk, Marco van de Bildt, Sarah Getu, Georgina I. Aron, Georges M.G.M. Verjans, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, Judith M.A. van den Brand, Thijs Kuiken, and Marion P.G. Koopmans
Author affiliations: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M. de Graaf, R. Bodewes, C.E. van Elk, M. van de Bildt, S. Getu, G.I. Aron, G.M.G.M. Verjans, J.M.A. van den Brand, T. Kuiken, M.P.G. Koopmans); Dolphinarium Harderwijk, Harderwijk, the Netherlands (C.E. van Elk); SOS Dolphin Foundation, Harderwijk, the Netherlands (C.E. van Elk); University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany (A.D.M.E. Osterhaus)

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Table 1

Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues subjected to reverse transcription PCR in a study of norovirus in 48 harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), the Netherlands

Year Tested samples, no. Positive samples, no. (%) Cycle threshold
2006 12 0 –
2007 4 1 (25) 33.8
2008 3 0 –
2009 1 0 –
2010 4 0 39.3
2011 10 1 (10) 33.8
2012 6 3 (50) 30.6, 36.8, 36.4
2013 4 0 –
2014 3 0 37.1
2015 2 0 –

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1Current affiliation: Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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