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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Dispatch

Detection of Novel Poxvirus from Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus), Germany

Florian Pfaff, Katharina Kramer, Jacqueline King, Kati Franzke, Tanja Rosenberger, Dirk Höper, Patricia König, Donata Hoffmann, and Martin BeerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald, Germany (F. Pfaff, J. King, K. Franzke, D. Höper, P. König, D. Hoffmann, M. Beer); Landeslabor Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster, Germany (K. Kramer); Seehundstation Friedrichskoog e.V., Friedrichskoog, Germany (T. Rosenberger)

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Table

Quantitative PCR detection of novel poxvirus from different tissues of a gray seal (Halichoerus grypus), Germany*

Sample Cycle quantification value
Panel 1, viral DNA polymerase Panel 2, viral RNA polymerase
Skin lesion 9.1 8.9
Lung 1 18.2 18.2
Lung 2 32.3 31.3
Lymph nodes 25.0 24.6
Uterus 26.5 26.2
Spleen 27.2 27.2
Kidney 28.8 28.8
Blood, EDTA 32.2 31.5
Brain 32.9 33.7
Liver 33.7 32.7

*Novel virus is tentatively named Wadden Sea virus.

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