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Fig. 1 | Retrovirology

Fig. 1

From: Koala retrovirus diversity, transmissibility, and disease associations

Fig. 1

Distribution and quantity of koala retrovirus (KoRV) subtypes in all koala blood and tissue specimens. Box and whisker plots showing median and interquartile ranges of log10 KoRV levels in genomic DNA (copies/ug) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and/or tissues obtained at necropsy on the left and the plasma (copies/mL) and/or tissue (copies/ug) RNA levels on the right in each panel. Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of specimens tested and include multiple specimens from some koalas. For blood samples, viral loads from animals with multiple collection dates were averaged for a total of 100 koalas with blood specimens. Tissues were only available from koalas at US zoos and were not averaged if multiple tissues were from the same animal. Tissue specimens included liver, skin, spleen, lung, lymph node, brain, nodules, cerebrum, heart, kidney, bone marrow, thymus, skin, muscle, and intestine. The ends of the whiskers extend to the largest (smallest) value less than (greater than) or equal to 1.5 interquartile ranges above (below) the third (first) quartile, respectively. Observations beyond the whiskers are indicated by open circles. Samples with test results below the limit of detection were not included in the plots

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