Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Dispatch
Detection of Circovirus in Foxes with Meningoencephalitis, United Kingdom, 2009–2013
Table 1
Overview of testing results for fox serum samples used in a study of the detection of circovirus in foxes with meningoencephalitis, United Kingdom, 2009–2013*
Animal | Year serum sample obtained | Age | Sex | County | Signs† | Outcome | 454‡ | PCR§ | Ct | FFPE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VS7100001 | 2013 | Adult | F | Nor | Yes | Euthanized | Yes | Pos | 16.5 | Yes |
VS7100002 | 2013 | Adult | F | Ess | Yes | Euthanized | Yes | Pos | 39.3 | No |
VS7100003 | 2013 | Adult | F | Nor | Yes | Euthanized | Yes | Pos | 16.4 | Yes |
VS7100004 | 2013 | Adult | M | Suf | Yes | Released | Yes | Pos | 35.0 | No |
VS7100005 | 2013 | Adult | F | Nor | Yes | Euthanized | Yes | Pos | 16.4 | Yes |
VS7100006 | 2013 | Adult | M | Bed | Yes | Euthanized | Yes | Pos | 36.9 | No |
VS7100010 | 2009 | Adult | F | Lei | Yes | Euthanized | No | Pos | 23.4 | No |
VS7100014 | 2010 | Adult | M | Suf | Yes | Euthanized | No | Pos | 14.1 | Yes |
VS7100015 | 2010 | Adult | M | Lin | Yes | Euthanized | No | Pos | 14.3 | No |
VS7100017 | 2011 | Adult | M | Nor | Yes | Euthanized | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100018 | 2011 | Adult | F | Nor | Yes | Euthanized | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100019 | 2011 | Adult | F | Cam | Yes | Euthanized | No | Pos | 36.8 | No |
VS7100021 | 2011 | Adult | M | Cam | Yes | Euthanized | No | Pos | 25.3 | No |
VS7100025 | 2012 | Adult | M | Suf | Yes | Euthanized | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100030 | 2012 | Adult | F | Nor | Yes | Euthanized | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100032 | 2012 | Adult | M | Ess | Yes | Euthanized | No | Pos | 38.0 | No |
VS7100038 | 2013 | Adult | F | Suf | Yes | Euthanized | No | Pos | 17.9 | Yes |
VS7100008 | 2007 | Adult | M | Cam | No | Euthanized | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100011 | 2009 | Adult | M | Lin | No | Euthanized | No | Pos | 29.7 | No |
VS7100012 | 2010 | Adult | M | Nor | No | Died | No | Neg | ND | Yes |
VS7100020 | 2011 | Adult | M | Cam | No | Euthanized | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100022 | 2012 | Adult | M | Cam | No | Euthanized | No | Pos | 39.5 | No |
VS7100023 | 2012 | Adult | M | Cam | No | Died | No | Pos | 37.3 | No |
VS7100024 | 2012 | Adult | F | Lin | No | Euthanized | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100026 | 2012 | Juvenile | F | Lei | No | Released | No | Pos | 14.4 | No |
VS7100027 | 2012 | Juvenile | F | Nor | No | Released | No | Pos | 14.6 | No |
VS7100028 | 2012 | Juvenile | F | Suf | No | Released | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100029 | 2012 | Juvenile | F | Lin | No | Released | No | Pos | 14.2 | No |
VS7100031 | 2012 | Juvenile | M | Suf | No | Released | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100033 | 2012 | Juvenile | M | Nor | No | Euthanized | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100035 | 2013 | Juvenile | F | Cam | No | Released | No | Neg | ND | No |
VS7100036 | 2013 | Adult | M | Cam | No | Released | No | Pos | 39.2 | No |
*Bed, Bedfordshire; Cam, Cambridgeshire; Ct, cycle threshold values of real-time PCR; Ess, Essex; FFPE, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue; Lei, Leicester; Lin, Lincolnshire; ND, not determined; Neg, negative; Nor, Norfolk; Pos, positive; Suf, Suffolk.
†Neurologic signs were abnormal behavior, lack of fear, reduced alertness, aimless wandering, circling, facial muscle twitching, progressive weakness of hind legs, and visual abnormalities.
‡Samples were analyzed by using a viral metagenomics approach with the 454 sequence platform (GS Junior; Roche, Basel, Switzerland).
§TaqMan real-time PCR.