Viremia as estimated by real-time PCR in rope squirrels.

Quantities shown are shown in genomes/0.1 mL. RS14 was a mock-infected sentinel animal. Viremia was detected starting at day 15 pi, although clinical signs and viral shedding were detected earlier. RS15 had a prolonged viremia and it was detected when it died on day 22 post infection, although many of the clinical signs were apparently reduced by this time.