Table 1 Host, source, original identification method and GenBank accession number of samples used in this study
Parasite | Sample type | Host | Species identification diagnostic method/s | DNA extraction method | Source | GenBank accession no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Babesia divergens | EDTA blood | Meriones unguiculatus | Microscopy and PCR [35] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Henry Bishop, CDC PDB | AJ439713 |
Babesia duncani | EDTA blood | Meriones unguiculatus | Microscopy and PCR [35] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Henry Bishop, CDC PDB | HQ289870 |
Babesia microti | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR [35] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Henry Bishop, CDC PDB | AB243680 |
Brugia malayi | EDTA blood | Felis catus | Microscopy | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Andrew Moorhead, FR3 | AF036588 |
Cytauxzoon felis | EDTA blood | Felis catus | Microscopy | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | David Peterson, UGA | CXZRR18S |
Leishmania donovani subsp. donovani | RPMI culture in EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR [36] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Marcos de Almeida, CDC PDB | X07773 |
Leishmania donovani subsp. infantum | RPMI culture in EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR [36] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Marcos de Almeida, CDC PDB | GQ332359 |
Loa loa | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Real time PCR [37] | Boiled lysate | Thomas Nutman, NIH | DQ094173 |
Mansonella perstans | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy | Boiled lysate | Thomas Nutman, NIH | – |
Plasmodium falciparum | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR [38] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Henry Bishop, CDC PDB | PFARGEA |
Plasmodium knowlesi | EDTA blood | Macaca mulatta | Microscopy | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Amy Kong, CDC Malaria Branch | PFARRSSU |
Plasmodium malariae | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR [38] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Henry Bishop, CDC PDB | PFARGBAB |
Plasmodium ovale | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR [38] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Henry Bishop, CDC PDB | KF696369 |
Plasmodium vivax | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR [38] w/s | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Henry Bishop, CDC PDB | X13926 |
Tryapnosoma cruzi | RPMI culture in EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Marcos de Almeida, CDC PDB | AF239980 |
Trypanosoma brucei subsp. gambiense | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Trypanosoma brucei subsp. rhodesiense | HMI-9 culture in EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Stephen Hajduk, UGA | AJ009142 |
Wuchereria bancrofti | Clotted blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy | Qiagen Blood Mini Kit | Patrick Lammie, CDC PDB | AF227234 |