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Volume 25, Number 8—August 2019
Dispatch

Kaposi Sarcoma in Mantled Guereza

Anna GrewerComments to Author , Martina Bleyer, Kerstin Mätz-Rensing, Alexander S. Hahn, Tim Rüggeberg, Gregor Babaryka, Andre Zimmermann, Stefan Pöhlmann, and Artur Kaul
Author affiliations: Zoo Krefeld GmbH, Krefeld, Germany (A. Grewer); German Primate Center–Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany (M. Bleyer, K. Mätz-Rensing, A.S. Hahn, S. Pöhlmann, A. Kaul); Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (T. Rüggeberg, G. Babaryka, A. Zimmermann); Joint Practice for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Neuss, Germany (A. Zimmermann); University of Göttingen, Göttingen (S. Pöhlmann)

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Table 1

Viral loads of CoRhV genomes in various organs of mantled guereza with Kaposi sarcoma*

Category Copies of CbGHV1 DNA/μg total DNA ± SD
Sampling during anesthesia
Blood 4 × 104 ± 8 × 103
Blood
 7 × 104 ± 2 × 104†
Mucosal masses
Swab specimen from cut surface 6 × 107 ± 3 × 107
Buccal 9 × 106 ± 1 × 106
Upper labial 3 × 107 ± 6 × 106
Lower labial
 2 × 107 ± 3 × 106
Sampling during necropsy
Mucosal masses
Gingiva 9 × 105 ± 1 × 105
Upper labial 6 × 106 ± 1 × 106
Lower labial
 1 × 107 ± 5 × 106
Oral swab specimen 5 × 103 ± 2 × 103‡
5 × 104 ± 2 × 104‡
Genital swab specimen 6 × 104 ± 1 × 104
Anal swab specimen 3 × 105 ± 5 × 104
Lacrimal fluid swab specimen
 3 × 106 ± 6 × 105
Spleen 5 × 105 ± 9 × 104
Kidney 6 × 103 ± 3 × 103‡
Kidney 2 × 105 ± 2 × 104‡
Liver 3 × 103 ± 2 × 103
Lung 1 × 104 ± 6 × 103
Heart 9 × 103 ± 3 × 103
Brain 1 × 104 ± 5 × 103

*Values are mean ± SD for 3 independent quantitative PCRs. CbGHV1, Colobine gammaherpesvirus 1.
†Results for healthy offspring.
‡Two samples were obtained during necropsy.

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